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

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 & Production

Scribe

Siancyn ap Dafydd ap Gruffudd

Place of Production

Glamorgan, Wales

Date of Production

1451 - 1475

Source of Date of Production

Huws (2000), Gadsden (2020)

Physical Description

Material

Parchment

Total pages / folios

144

Height

165

Width

120

Illustrations

No

Contents & 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 & Research Literature

Catalogue

Modern Research Literature

Gadsden (2020), Huws (2000), Evans (1903), Try (2015)

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	Lentulus	Lentillus
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
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	13	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	14	Meron	Martin

Research Material

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

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 |Has Page Range=206-407
 |Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
+|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A (Seven Sages)
+|Has Language Group Within Version=Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
 |Was Translated Or Adapted From=French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages
 |Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Gadsden (2020)
+|Has Scribe=Siancyn ap Dafydd ap Gruffudd
+|Has Place Of Production=Glamorgan, Wales
 |Has Start Date Of Production=1451
-|Has End Date Of Production=1500
+|Has End Date Of Production=1475
-|Has Source For Date Of Production=Huws (2000)
+|Has Source For Date Of Production=Huws (2000); Gadsden (2020)
 |Has Material=Parchment
 |Has Language=Middle Welsh; Latin
@@ Line 30: / Line 34: @@
 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
+Also: Deuddeg peth yssyd anarferus eu bod yn y Byd hwn: Twelve unusual things in this world.
-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
+P.349: The page is covered in notes in various hands, possibly four, with ‘1563’ at the foot of the page.
-the foot of the page.171
-P. 350-407: Llyfr a ddysg dyn pa delw y dylu gredu. Creed, and a Commentary on
-the Ten Commandments (incomplete).
+P. 350-407: Llyfr a ddysg dyn pa delw y dylu gredu. Creed, and a Commentary on the Ten Commandments (incomplete).
 |Has Total Pages In Manuscript=144
 |Has Height=165
 |Has Width=120
 |Has Illustrations=No
-|Has Modern Research Literature=Gadsden (2020); Huws (2000)
+|Has Modern Research Literature=Gadsden (2020); Huws (2000); Evans (1903); Try (2015)
 |Has 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.
 }}