Manuscripts

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 14 Welsh religious prose

Welsh
s. xiii²–xiv¹
composite manuscript
Welsh manuscripts
vellum

General
Contents

Identifiers

Location

Wales Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales

Collection: GB 0210 MSPENIARTH: Peniarth manuscripts

Shelfmark

Peniarth 14

Classification

Hengwrt collection, 25 + 13

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Welsh

Date

s. xiii²–xiv¹

Hands, scribes

Codicological information

UnitCodicological unit. Indicates whether the entry describes a single leaf, a distinct or composite manuscript, etc.

composite manuscript

Material

vellum

Distinct units

pp. 1-100

What is now numbered pp. 1-100 originally comprised a separate manuscript, olim Hengwrt MS 25. This, in turn, consists of three parts, in three or four different hands, which J. G. Evans seems to regard as originally independent (Report, p. 331): (a) pp. 1-42 + 43-44, (b) pp. 45-78 and (c) pp. 79-90. The remaining leaves are blank, except for pp. 95-96.

pp. 1-44

Aberystwyth, National Lib… pp. 1-44 [s. xiii²]

pp. 45-78

Aberystwyth, National Lib… pp. 45-78 [s. xiii²]

Fragment.

pp. 79-90

Aberystwyth, National Lib… pp. 79-90 [s. xiii²]

Fragment.

pp. 101-195

Aberystwyth, National Lib… pp. 101-195 [s. xiv¹]

The second manuscript, olim Hengwrt MS 13.

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Welsh manuscripts

Sources

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[dig. img.] National Library of Wales, National Library of Wales: Digital gallery, Online: NLW, ?–present. URL: <https://www.llyfrgell.cymru/darganfod/oriel-ddigidol/llawysgrifau/>.

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