Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Cwrtmawr MS 20A
| Manuscript Identification | |
|---|---|
| Reference Number | Welsh11 |
| Location | Aberystwyth, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru |
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Cwrtmawr 20A |
| Page/Folio range | 119-132 |
| Textual Content and Tradition | |
|---|---|
| Standardised title of narrative | Ystori Saith Doethion Rufain |
| Incipit or textual title | Llyma Ystori Saith doethion Rhufain: Diaclesiawn oedd amherawdr yn Rhufain... |
| 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), Evans (1905) |
| Languages | |
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| Language of text | Welsh |
| Regional or specific Language of text | |
| Source for regional or specific Language of text | |
| Digitisation and Editions | |
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| Digitisation | |
| Modern Editions | |
| Note |
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See Evans (1905), pp. 913-15 (p. 915) for more details. |
| Authorship and Production | |
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| Scribe | David Richards |
| Author | |
| Place of Manuscript Production | Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1750 - 1782 |
| Source of Date of Manuscript Production | NLW catalogue: https://archives.library.wales/index.php/barddoniaeth-rhyddiaith-3 |
| Physical Description | |
|---|---|
| Material | Paper |
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 169 |
| Height | 162 |
| Width | 102 |
| Script style/form | |
| Prose or verse | Prose |
| Illustrations | No |
| Contents and Additional Texts | |
|---|---|
| Other texts in the Manuscript | From NLW catalogue:
' A composite manuscript in the hand of David Richards (1725-82), curate of Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire containing 'cywyddau', etc. by Lewys Glyn Cothi, Raff ap Robert, Lewys Daron, Lewys Menai, W[ilia]m Llyn, Ie[a]'n ap Madog, and Dafydd ap Gwilym, and anonymous poems; 'englynion' by D[afyd]d ap Edmwnt, [Richard Davies] ('Escob Dewi') and H[uw] Lewis; extracts from 'cywyddau' by Ieuan Tew Brydydd, I[euan] Deulwyn, R[h]is[iart] Philyp, Sion Tudur, H[uw] Llwyd [Cynfal], and T[homas] Prys; extracts from William Baxter: Glossarium Antiquitatum Britannicarum ... (Londini, 1719); a stanza by [John] Dryden in honour of St David's Day; lists of contents of 'Hen Lyfr Carpiop [sic] B[en] Simon'; 'Llyfr Dauliw Ben Simon', and 'Llyfr y Brut Ben Simon'; 'Englynion y Misoedd' by Aneurin Gwawdrydd; 'Llyma Ddifregwawd Taliesin'; 'Llyma Ystori Owain ap Urien Reged'; 'Llyma val y Cafad Taliessin'; Llyma Ystori Saith doethion Rhufain'; 'Cyngor Arystotlys i Alexander mawr i ydnabod'; lists of words from the poetry of D[afydd ap] G[wilym] quoted in John Davies: Dictionarium Duplex, etc. |
| Catalogues and Research Literature | |
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| Catalogue | NLW catalogue: https://archives.library.wales/index.php/barddoniaeth-rhyddiaith-3, https://archives.library.wales/downloads/cwrtmawr-manuscripts.pdf |
| Modern Research Literature | Evans (1905), Lewis (1929) |
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