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London, British Library, MS Cotton Cleopatra B v Welsh composite miscellany

  • Welsh
  • s. xiv1 and s. xivmed composite manuscript
  • Welsh manuscripts
  • vellum

Welsh composite manuscript consisting of three parts dating from the 14th century: (1) Chronicles; (2) a Welsh lawbook, containing siglum X of the Cyfnerth redaction; and (3) Ystorya Dared.

Identifiers
Location
Collection: Cotton manuscripts
Shelfmark
Cotton Cleopatra B v
Type
manuscript miscellanies Welsh histories medieval Welsh law
Provenance and related aspects
Language
Welsh
Date
s. xiv1 and s. xivmed
(1) First half of the 14th century; (2) middle of the 14th century (Daniel Huws, Gwenogvryn Evans);(1)n. 1 Morfydd E. Owen, ‘The Laws of Court from Cyfnerth’ in The Welsh king and his court... (2000): 426. (3) first half of the 14th century.
Origin, provenance
Wales; (1) and (3) are possibly from Valle Crucis Abbey, Wales (Owen).(2)n. 2 Morfydd E. Owen, ‘The Laws of Court from Cyfnerth’ in The Welsh king and his court... (2000): 426.
Hands, scribes
Codicological information
UnitCodicological unit. Indicates whether the entry describes a single leaf, a distinct or composite manuscript, etc.
composite manuscript
Material
vellum
Dimensions
7.5 ″ × 5.25 ″
Palaeographical information
Script
Category: Gothic textualis (textura)
Illumination
The first initial is gilded (Owen).
Distinct units
ff. 1–162
London, British Library, …  1 (ff. 1-164) [s. xiv1]
ff. 165-222
London, British Library, …  2 (ff. 165-222) [s. xivmed]
ff. 223-250
London, British Library, …  3 (ff. 223-250) [s. xiv1]
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Welsh manuscripts

Sources

Notes

1.
Morfydd E. Owen, ‘The Laws of Court from Cyfnerth’ in The Welsh king and his court... (2000): 426.
2.
Morfydd E. Owen, ‘The Laws of Court from Cyfnerth’ in The Welsh king and his court... (2000): 426.

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.

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Secondary sources (select)

Owen, Morfydd E., “The Laws of Court from Cyfnerth”, in: T. M. Charles-Edwards, Paul Russell, and Morfydd E. Owen (eds), The Welsh king and his court, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2000. 425–477.
Evans, J. Gwenogvryn, Report on manuscripts in the Welsh language, vol. 2: The British Museum, Historical Manuscripts Commission, London, 1910.
Internet Archive: <link>
952–954 direct link
Planta, Joseph, Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Cottonian Library, deposited in the British Museum, London: The British Museum, 1802.
Internet Archive: <link>
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
November 2010, last updated: August 2023
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