"²(ff.1-2)+2²(ff.3-4)+316(ff.5-20)+412(ff.21-32)+511(ff.33-43)+612(ff.44-55)+712(ff.56-67)+81(f.68)+9²(ff.69-70)" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1.

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Philadelphia, Library Company, MS 8680.O

  • Middle Welsh
  • s. xivex–xvi2
  • composite manuscript
  • Welsh manuscripts
  • parchment
Identifiers
Location
Shelfmark
8680.O
Classification
8680
Also often referred to as simply MS 8680.
Provenance and related aspects
Language
Middle Welsh
Date
s. xivex–xvi2
Earliest material dates to s.xiv/xv. Latest material belongs to the second half of the 16th century. Material from different manuscripts was combined into the present form in the second half of the 16th century.
Hands, scribes
Hands indexed:
Scribe A Wrote ff. 21-68. He identifies himself in a colophon at ff. 68r.b.21 - 69v.a.10. Hywel Fychan ap Hywel GochHywel Fychan ap Hywel Goch
(fl. 14th century)
Hywel Fychan ap Hywel Goch was a fourteenth century Welsh scribe. He was a man with clerical training who knew Latin and was able to edit and organize a book. He also wrote lawbooks.  Hywel Fychan is most famous for being the chief scribe of the Red Book of Hergest (Oxford, Jesus College, MS 111). He is also connected to Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 11; Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 27 (Llyfr Coch Talgarth); and Philadelphia, Library Company, MS 8680.O. He furthermore made a contribution to the Culchwch ac Olwen-text of the White Book of Rhydderch (Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth 4-5) on folio 83v.
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Scribe B Wrote ff. 1r-2v.
Scribe C Wrote ff. 3r-4v.
Scribe D Annotated ff. 3r-4v.
Scribe E Wrote ff. 5r-20v and ff. 69r-70v.
Codicological information
UnitCodicological unit. Indicates whether the entry describes a single leaf, a distinct or composite manuscript, etc.
composite manuscript
Material
parchment
Dimensions
The leaves vary in size since parts of different manuscripts have been combined to form this manuscript:

ff. 1-2: 208 x 140 mm
ff. 3-4: 208 x 140 mm
ff. 5-20: 219 x 138 mm
ff. 21-32: 225 x 144 mm
ff. 33-55: 225 x 144 mm
ff. 56-68: 225 x 144 mm

ff. 69-70: 200 x 130 mm
Collation
12 (ff. 1-2) + 22 (ff. 3-4) + 316 (ff. 5-20) + 412 (ff. 21-32) + 511 (ff. 33-43) + 612 (ff. 44-55) + 712 (ff. 56-67) + 81 (f. 68) + 92 (ff. 69-70) = 70 (total)
Collation
In quire 4 the bifolium of ff. 30-31 has been misplaced: f. 30 should be placed between ff. 22 and 23, and f. 31 between ff. 28 and 29. The final leaf of quire 5 (after f. 43) is missing.
Binding
The manuscript was rebound by the Library Company of Philadelphia in the first half of the 19th century.
Palaeographical information
Script
Category: Gothic textualis (textura)
secretary hand (secondary)
Ruling
The ruling of the manuscript differs per scribe.

Scribe A (Hywel Fychan) (ff. 21r-68v): pencil, 2 collumns bounded by 4 vertical lines; 26-28 horizontal lines within the writing space, most bounded by the outer most vertical lines but with the top and bottom two running to the edges of the leaves; pairs of closely spaced horizontal lines in the lower margins and closely spaced vertical lines in the outer margins.
Scribe B (ff. 1-2): pencil, 1 collumn of 24 horizontal lines, bounded by 2 vertical lines.
Scribe C (ff. 3-4): pencil, 2 collumns of 7 vertical lines and 34 horizontal lines bounded by the outer vertical lines.

Scribe E (ff. 5r-20v and 69r-70v): drypoint, 1 collumn of 2 vertical lines and 23/24 horizontal lines running to the edges of the leaves.
Table of contents
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January 2022, last updated: December 2023
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