Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 2.: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 10:22, 17 July 2025

Manuscript Identification
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
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
Language of text	Middle Welsh, Latin
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions

Note
(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
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
Material	Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	144
Height	165
Width	120
Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
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
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Gadsden (2020), Huws (2000), Evans (1903), Try (2015)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

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 |Was Translated Or Adapted From=French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages
 |Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Gadsden (2020)