Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 2.

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Manuscript Identification

Reference Number
WelshManuscript3
Location
Aberystwyth, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
Siglum / Shelfmark
NLW MS Llanstephan 2 (previously Shirburn 113 C.19)
Page / Folio range
206-407

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative
Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein




Translated / adapted from (Version/Text)
French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages
Source for textual relationship
Gadsden (2020)

Languages

Language of text
Middle Welsh, Latin



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).

Authorship & Production


Date of Production
1451 - 1500
Source of Date of Production
Huws (2000)

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.171

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)

Embedded Stories in This Manuscript

Research Material

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