Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Cardiff MS 2.83 (RMWL MS 6)

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Welsh5
Location	Aberystwyth, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
Siglum/Shelfmark	Cardiff MS 2.83 (RMWL Cardiff MS 6) (formerly Phillipps 17171)
Page/Folio range	33-58

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Ystoria Saith Doethion Rufain
Incipit or textual title	Ystoria vii doetion rrvfa[in]: diaklesiawn oedd amerodr...
Version (siglum)	A (Seven Sages)
└ Language Group within Version	Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Lewis (1929)

Languages
Language of text	Welsh
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions	Lewis, Modern Welsh Versions (1929)

Note
Lewis uses this manuscript to offer contrast/variants for his edition of Llanover MS 13075B. Lewis notes as well that the text is incomplete, however; he says 'Cynnwys c. 6 y testun o'r dechrau hyd tua ddiwedd Medicus, yna o fraeddegau olaf Gaza hyd ddiwedd Vidua' (roughly: 'the text runs from the beginning to about the end of Medicus, then from the last few chapters of Gaza to the end of Vidua') (Lewis, 1958, p. 29). See Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, Vol. 1 part II, (1902) pp. 104-110 (p. 106). (Added by Jane Bonsall)

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1550
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Lewis (1929)

Physical Description
Material
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	190
Height	197
Width	146
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	Evans describles the contents as: Miscellanea, containing ' Historical' and Moral Triads, the Interpretation of Dreams, the 'Histories' of the Dog-star, of Tristan and Esyllt, of the Seven Wise Men of Rome, Religious plays and Dialogues, in verse, between Body and Soul, Arthur and Eliwlod, the King and his servant, the Young Man and the Wren, Eiry Mynydd, selected sayings and passages from * Dionysius ' Cato, Seneca, Marcus Aureiius, etc.

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/rhyddiaith-12, https://archive.org/details/repmanuscwelsh02greauoft/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater
Modern Research Literature	Lewis (1929), Lewis (1925, 1958, 1967), Evans (1902)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript