Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 2.
| Manuscript Identification | |
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| Reference Number | Welsh3 |
| Location | Aberystwyth, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru |
| Siglum/Shelfmark | NLW MS Llanstephan 2 (previously Shirburn 113 C.19) |
| Page/Folio range | 206-407 |
| Textual Content and Tradition | |
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| Standardised title of narrative | Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein |
| Incipit or textual title | |
| Version (siglum) | A (Seven Sages) |
| └ Language Group within Version | Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein |
| └ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version | Middle Welsh Version A |
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (1) | |
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (2) | |
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages |
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Gadsden (2020) |
| Languages | |
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| Language of text | Middle Welsh, Latin |
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(Entered by Ava Byrne) This manuscript was archived as one of four connected manuscripts of various dates, known as the Didrefn Gasgliad ('A Miscellany'), in the seventeenth century, according to Gadsden (p. 44). This manuscript was the second volume of four, as indicated by the pagination (beginning p. 206). Note on dating: Gadsden's sources suggest the manuscript was produced either in the 'mid c15' or 'second half of the 15th century' - the dates given here are therefore approximations of these. |
| Authorship and Production | |
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| Scribe | Siancyn ap Dafydd ap Gruffudd |
| Author | |
| Place of Manuscript Production | Glamorgan, Wales |
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1451 - 1475 |
| Source of Date of Manuscript Production | Huws (2000), Gadsden (2020) |
| Physical Description | |
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| Material | Parchment |
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 144 |
| Height | 165 |
| Width | 120 |
| Script style/form | |
| Prose or verse | |
| Illustrations | No |
| Contents and Additional Texts | |
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| Other texts in the Manuscript | Page 206: Cladedigaeth Arthur: The burial of Arthur
P.212: Yr Ant[e] Krist: The Antichrist P.229: Eusebius, a therfynnau y Byd: Eusebius and the boundaries of the Earth. P.233: Proffwydoliaeth: Prophecy P.234: Pererindod y Brawd Odrig: The travels of Brother Ordric P.276: Diarhebion: Proverbs P.278-319: Seith Doethon Rufein: The Seven Sages of Rome P.320-344: Epistol Nicodemus: the Gospel of Nicodemus P.344: Y Diewl a briodes wraig: The Devil married a wife. Also: Deuddeg peth yssyd anarferus eu bod yn y Byd hwn: Twelve unusual things in this world. P.345: Swynion rac gwyrthlys neu y felwn etc.: Charms to cure a whitlow. P.349: The page is covered in notes in various hands, possibly four, with ‘1563’ at the foot of the page. P. 350-407: Llyfr a ddysg dyn pa delw y dylu gredu. Creed, and a Commentary on the Ten Commandments (incomplete). |
| Catalogues and Research Literature | |
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| Modern Research Literature | Gadsden (2020), Huws (2000), Evans (1903), Try (2015) |
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