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Delw y byd Chapters 1[1] – 7[7]: Structure of the World

Short description
Discusses the structure of the world in general. 

Note: the Welsh text omits chapter 4[4].

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Chapter 1[1]

Latin title: De forma mundi (Concerning the shape of the world).

Occurs in:
Red Book (A) (f. 243r, col. 976, l. 26-37)
*Chapter 1[1] of the Red Book (A) is proceeded by two introductory letters (see above).

Red Book (B) (intro + <1[1]>) (f. 121v, col. 502, l. 19-32)
*Chapter 1[1] of the Red Book (B) has an introduction added in front of it instead of the introductory letters.

Editions:
Lewis & Diverres: pp. 23, 85.
Petrovskaia: pp. 46, 47.

Articles:
Petrovskaia, Natalia I., “La disparition du quasi dans les formules étymologiques des traductions galloises de l’Imago mundi”, in: Louviot, Élise (ed.), La formule au Moyen Âge, ARTEM 15, Turnhout: Brepols, 2013. 123–141 : 132, 134, 135 (example (1)).



Chapter 2[2]

Latin title: De creatione mundi (Concerning the creation of the world).

Occurs in:
Red Book (A) (f. 243r, col. 976, l. 37 – col. 977, l. 16)
Red Book (B) (f. 121v, col. 502, l. 33-41)

Editions:
Lewis & Diverres: pp. 23.
Petrovskaia: p. 47, 85.

Articles:-



Chapter 3[3]

Latin title: De elementis (Concerning the elements).

Occurs in:
Red Book (A) (f. 243r, col. 977, l. 16-40)
Red Book (B) (f. 121v, col. 502. l. 41 – col. 503, l. 10)

Editions:
Lewis & Diverres: pp. 25, 85.
Petrovskaia: pp. 47-48.

Articles:
Petrovskaia, Natalia I., “La disparition du quasi dans les formules étymologiques des traductions galloises de l’Imago mundi”, in: Louviot, Élise (ed.), La formule au Moyen Âge, ARTEM 15, Turnhout: Brepols, 2013. 123–141 : 133, 135-136 (example (2)).



Chapter 5[5]

Latin title: De forma terre (Concerning the shape of the earth).

Occurs in:
Red Book (A) (f. 243r, col. 977, l.40 – f. 243v, col. 978, l. 11)
Red Book (B) (f. 121v, col. 503, l. 10-22)

Editions:
Lewis & Diverres: pp. 25, 85-86, 112.
Petrovskaia: pp. 48-49.

Article:-



Chapter 6[6]

Latin title: De .v. zonis (Concerning the five zones).

Occurs in:
Red Book (A) (f. 243v, col. 978, l. 11-30)
Red Book (B) (f. 121v, col. 503, l. 22-29)

Editions:
Lewis & Diverres: pp. 25-27, 86, 113.
Petrovskaia: p. 49.

Articles:
Lloyd, Nesta, and Morfydd E. Owen (eds), Drych yr Oesoedd Canol, Cardiff: University of Wales, Cardiff, 1986 : 118.



Chapter 7[7]

Latin title: De .iii. partibus (Concerning the three parts).

Occurs in:
Red Book (A) (f. 243v, col. 978, l. 30-38)
Red Book (B) (f. 121v., col. 503, l. 29-36)

Editions:
Lewis & Diverres: pp. 27, 86, 113.
Petrovskaia: p. 49.

Articles:
Petrovskaia, Natalia, “The concept of Europe in the medieval Welsh geographical treatise Delw y byd”, Celtic Forum: The Annual Reports of the Japan Society for Celtic Studies 21 (2018): 23–34 : 23, 28.

Lloyd, Nesta, and Morfydd E. Owen (eds), Drych yr Oesoedd Canol, Cardiff: University of Wales, Cardiff, 1986 : 118.

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Petrovskaia, Natalia, “The concept of Europe in the medieval Welsh geographical treatise Delw y byd”, Celtic Forum 21 (2018): 23–34.  
abstract:

The present article discusses the concept of Europe in Delw y Byd, the medieval Welsh translation of the geographical section of the twelfth-century encyclopedia Imago mundi, written in Latin by Honorius Augustodunensis. The research presented here forms part of the project ‘Defining Europe in Medieval European Geographical Discourse: the Image of the World and its Legacy, 1110-1500’ funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. An early version of this article was presented at the Japan Society for Celtic Studies Annual Congress in October 2017 as 「ウェールズの地理学 書 Delw y Byd における「ヨーロッパ」のコンセプトについて」.

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Darina Knoops, Dennis Groenewegen
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February 2022, last updated: May 2022