Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Llanstephan MS 2.

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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 & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative
Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
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


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




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

Embedded Stories in This Manuscript

Research Material

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