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fol. iiiv Written sideways, in ink: “Last englyn but one on fo. 14a is / A g. a g. [yr] hen gyuruys / gwn cn a dy atcas d..... trys / Gwell kar yn llys noc eur ar vys.”

fol. vir- viiv (ult.): a list of the contents.

fol.1r: Englynion yr Eryr: Englynion of The Eagle.

fol. 3v: Englynion yr Eira: Eiry Mynyd: Englynion of the Snow.

fol. 6v: Y Gorwynnyon: Englynion of Brightness.

fol. 9r: Y Gnawdeu: Gnawt gwynt o’r Deheu: Usual is Wind from the South.

fol. 10r: Kalan Gaeaf: All Saints’ Day.

fol. 10v: Bit goch crib Keilyawc: The cock’s comb is red.

fol. 12r: Englynion y Clyweit a’r Diherebyon: Englynion of ‘hearing’ and proverbs.

fol. 16 r: Fragment of the Creed, followed by Chwedl am Arthur a Chai: A Tale about Arthur and Cai.

fol. 22r: Pryd y Mab: The Appearance of the Son. (Religious text)

fol. 30r: Llyma dechreu Ebostol y Sul yn y modd hwn. The beginning of the Epistle of Sunday.

fol. 32v: Full page: “Mappa Mundi. A map of the world, from Egypt in the east to Ireland in the west.

fol. 33r: Llyma y modd y treythir o ach Kynauc Sant i Annwn Dhu, Brenhin Groeg: The Genealogy of St Kynawc to Annwn Dhu, King of Greece.

fol. 33r: Meibion Brychan: The Sons of Brychan. Merched Brychan: The Daughters of Brychan.

fol. 34r: Llyma weithon ach Cattawc Sant i Gaswallon ap Beli a ryfelawdd ag Iul Kaesar: The Genealogy of St Cattawc, to Caswallon ap Beli who fought against Julius Caesar.

fol. 34v: Meibion Keredic ap Kynedha Wledic: The Sons of Keredic, son of Kynedha the Prince.

fol. 35r: Ach Cuneda hyd Beli Fawr: The Genealogy of Cunedda up to Beli the Great.

fol. 35r: (from line 9) Ach Teibiawn i Endaf Hen: The Genealogy of Teibiawn to Endaf the Old.

fol. 35r: Ach Teudwr ap Griffin i Vrachan: The Genealogy of Teudwr ap Griffin to Brachan.

fol. 35v: Ach Morgant ap Oweint at Caradawc Vreichvras ac at Gereint ap Erbin: The Genealogy of Morgan ap Owein to Caradawg Strong-arm and to Geraint ap Erbin.109

fol. 36r: Gereint fab Erbin at Ayrcol Lawhir: Geraint son of Erbin to Ayrcol Longhand.

fol. 36r: l.17 Ayrcol Lawhir to Gwrtheyrn Gwrtheneu: Ayrcol Longhand to Gwrtheyrn Gwrthneu.

fol. 37v: Llyma enweu meib[i]on Rodri Mawr: The names of Rhodri the Great’s sons.

fol. 38r: Rhys Gruc.

fol. 38v: Llywelyn m[ab] Iorwerth m[ab] Ewein Gwynedd.

fol. 38v: Howel m[ab] Gronwy.

fol. 39r: Ellelw mam Seissyll.

fol. 40v: Llyma enweu b[re]nhined y b[ri]tanyeit: The names of the kings of the Britons.

fol. 41v: The beginning of Brut y Brenhinedd, the Welsh redaction of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Brittaniae.

fol. 42r: Yn y mod hun y treythir o chwedleu seith doetheon rufein, o weith llewelyn ofeir[iad]: The Seven Sages of Rome, by Llewelyn the Priest.

fol. 70r: Ac velly y teruyna chwedyl seith doethyon rufein o weith llewelyn. The end of the Seven Sages of Rome.

The final folio, (fol. 70, l. 15-21), continued on fol. 70v, is a list of English kings from William 1 (William the Conqueror) to Henry VI, with a date of 1461, which is also the final year chronicled in Brenhinedd y Saesson in the Black Book of Basingwerk: Aberystwyth, NLW MS 7006.

(From Gadsden 2021, pp. 33-35)

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

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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

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