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Manuscripts

London, British Library, MS Cotton Cleopatra B v Unit: section 2, ff. 165-222Cyfraith Hywel (Cyfnerth redaction)

  • Welsh
  • s. xivmed
  • Welsh manuscripts
  • vellum

Welsh lawbook containing siglum X of the Cyfnerth redaction.

Identifiers
Location
Type
medieval Welsh law
Provenance and related aspects
Language
Welsh
Date
s. xivmed
Middle of the 14th century (Daniel Huws, Gwenogvryn Evans).
Hands, scribes
Codicological information
Material
vellum
Table of contents
Legend
Texts

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Locus

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  • f. 23ra.34: meaning folio 23 recto, first column, line 34
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  • p. 67b.23: meaning page 67, second column, line 23
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Sources

See also the parent manuscript for further references.

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.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
December 2016, last updated: August 2023