Manuscripts

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 10 Ystoria de Carolo Magno and later Welsh poetry

  • Welsh
  • s. xivmed
  • distinct manuscript
  • Welsh manuscripts
  • vellum
Ystoria de Carolo Magno and later Welsh poetry
Identifiers
Location
Collection: GB 0210 MSPENIARTH: Peniarth manuscripts
Shelfmark
Peniarth 10
Type
Welsh narrative literature Welsh poetry
Provenance and related aspects
Language
Welsh
Date
s. xivmed
“The manuscript is written in a mid-fourteenth century rounded textura script” (Rhyddiaith Gymraeg); formerly dated by Evans to the late 15th century. The Welsh verse written over portions of the manuscript is later and has been dated to the 17th century (Evans).
Hands, scribes
Codicological information
UnitCodicological unit. Indicates whether the entry describes a single leaf, a distinct or composite manuscript, etc.
distinct manuscript
Material
vellum
Dimensions
7.5 ″ × 5.5 ″
The list below has been collated from the table of contents, if available on this page,Progress in this area is being made piecemeal. Full and partial tables of contents are available for a small number of manuscripts. and incoming annotations for individual texts (again, if available).Whenever catalogue entries about texts are annotated with information about particular manuscript witnesses, these manuscripts can be queried for the texts that are linked to them.

Sources

Primary sources This section typically includes references to diplomatic editions, facsimiles and photographic reproductions, notably digital image archives, of at least a major portion of the manuscript. For editions of individual texts, see their separate entries.

[dig. img.] National Library of Wales, National Library of Wales: archives and manuscripts, Online: NLW, ?–present. URL: <https://archives.library.wales>. 
Previously Digital Mirror / Drych Digidol (www.llyfrgell.cymru/darganfod/oriel-ddigidol, later www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=digitalmirror), the digital library of the National Library of Wales gives access to digitised manuscripts, printed works, archival materials and other media.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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January 2017, last updated: June 2024