Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 117: Difference between revisions

A manuscript containing poetry (pp. 17-42), the poets including Taliesin, Iolo Goch, Dafydd ab Edmwnt and others, with poetry included also within other sections of the text; triads attributed to Taliesin (p. 16); the Rood legend (pp. 97-103); apocryphal gospels (pp. 104-153, 259-269, 272, 274-276); the Purgatory of Patrick (pp. 202-212); lives of saints (pp. 161-187); proverbs and adages, etc. (pp. 10-12, 14-15, 299-300); prayers (pp. 13, 238-250, 255); vocabulary (pp. 95-96); a planisphere, calendar, planetary tables and other astrological material (pp. 43-86, 89-90, 281-291); interpretation of dreams (pp. 91, 94); palmistry (pp. 92-93); directions concerning bleeding, medical recipes, etc. (pp. 1-9, 87-88, 236, 277-280, 300c-301).

Evans (1903), pp. 568-79 offers more detail.

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/miscellanea-133

Embedded Stories in This Manuscript

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator	Has Name Variation
Arbor – The Tree	1	Empress
Canis – The Faithful Dog	2	Bancillas	Bantillas
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Auguste	Augustus
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Bankarios	Painkaros
Ramus – The Branch	7	Empress
Roma and Lupus	8	Malquidras	Malcwidas
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	10	Cato
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	12	Jesse

Research Material

Has Research Material Title	Has Research Material Link	Has Research Material Description

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 |Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Lewis (1925, 1958, 1967)
 |Has Language=Welsh
-|Has Digitisation=Https://viewer.library.wales/5708565 (https://viewer.library.wales/5708565 (Https://viewer.library.wales/5708565 (https://viewer.library.wales/5708565#?xywh=-1%2C-3812%2C5551%2C15494&cv=327))
+|Has Digitisation=Https://viewer.library.wales/5708565 (https://viewer.library.wales/5708565 (Https://viewer.library.wales/5708565 (https://viewer.library.wales/5708565 (Https://viewer.library.wales/5708565 (https://viewer.library.wales/5708565 (Https://viewer.library.wales/5708565 (https://viewer.library.wales/5708565#?xywh=-1%2C-3812%2C5551%2C15494&cv=327)))
 |Has Modern Edition=Lewis, Y Seithwyr Doethion (1925)
 |Has Scribe=Ieuan ap William ap Dafydd ap Einws
 |Has Start Date Of Production=1544
 |Has End Date Of Production=1552
+|Is Date Uncertain=No
 |Has Source For Date Of Production=NLW catalogue: https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/miscellanea-133; Evans (1903)
 |Has Material=Paper
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 [[Evans (1903)]], pp. 568-79 offers more detail.
 |Has Catalogue=https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/miscellanea-133
-|Has Modern Research Literature=Lewis (1925); Lewis (1925, 1958, 1967); Evans (1903)
-|Has Note=Lewis notes that the usual name of the third master, Bankarrios/Painkaros rather than Lentulus, is an anomaly shared with [[Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Cardiff MS 3.4 (RMWL Cardiff MS 5)|NLW Cardiff MS 3.4 (RMWL Cardiff MS 5)]], ''The Book of Elis Gruffydd''. Whether than suggests a relationship between the two texts (e.g., Cardiff MS 3.4/ MS 5 as a source for Llanstephan 117?) is not discussed ([[Lewis (1925, 1958, 1967)|Lewis (1925, 1958, 1967),]] p. 29).
-In his description of this manuscript, Lewis notes that this text is 'mostly illegible' and 'incomplete' - both the narrative and the manuscript cut off abruptly part of the way through the Senescalcus story ([[Lewis (1925, 1958, 1967)|Lewis 1925, 1958, 1967)]] (p. 29). This seems to be borne out by Evan's description of the explicit: 'ef a erchis y medic iddo geisio gwraic yn wely ac ynte aechis yw ystiwart logi rwraic iddo ir ic pvnt ac yn yr ystiward a naeth o chwant yda' [He asked the physician to get a woman for him in bed, and he asked the steward to hire a woman for him for one pound, and the steward did so out of desire...] ([[Evans (1903)|Evans 1903]], p. 579). (Examination of the digitised manuscript, linked above, appears to confirm this as well.)
-See [[Evans (1903)]], pp. 568-579 for more details.
-(Added by Jane Bonsall)
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 {{EmbeddedStory
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 |Has Short Title=Vidua
 |Has Sequence Number=10
-|Has Narrator=Caton
+|Has Narrator=Cato
-|Has Name Variation=Cato
 }}
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