Manuscripts

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 6 Fragments of the Mabinogi and Gereint

Welsh
s. xiii
Welsh manuscripts
vellum

Four manuscript fragments containing parts of the Four branches of the Mabinogi (i-iii) and Gereint ap Erbin (iv).

Identifiers

Location

Wales Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales

Collection: GB 0210 MSPENIARTH: Peniarth manuscripts

Shelfmark

Peniarth 6

Classification

Hengwrt collection, 540a + 540b + 59

parts i and ii (Hengwrt 540a); part iii (Hengwrt 540b); part iv (Hengwrt 59)

Type

Welsh narrative literature

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Welsh

Date

s. xiii

13th century (J. Gwenogvryn Evans).

Hands, scribes

Codicological information

Material

vellum

Distinct units

Aberystwyth, National Lib… 1

Fragment of Branwen (2 pages). Hengwrt 540a (part 1).

pp. 3-4?

Aberystwyth, National Lib… 2 [s. xiii]

Part 2. Fragment of Manawydan (2 pages). Hengwrt 540a (part 2).

Aberystwyth, National Lib… 3

Part 3. Fragment of Gereint (2 folia). Hengwrt 540b.

pp. 17-48

Aberystwyth, National Lib… 4 [s. xivⁱⁿ]

Part 4. Another fragment of Gereint.

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