Texts

Ystorya Dared ‘The (hi)story of Dared’

Middle Welsh
prose
Welsh chronicles

Medieval Welsh adaptation of the Historia Daretis Phrygii de excidio Troiae, a Latin account of the destruction of Troy ascribed to Dares Phrygius.

Author

anonymous

Manuscripts

include:

Cardiff, Central Library, MS 1.362

Havod 1

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 47 part i [s. xiv^med]

Fragment.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 19 [s. xiv^ex/xvⁱⁿ]

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 25 [s. xv^ex/xviⁱⁿ]

Imperfect copy

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 263 [s. xv^med]

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 3035

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 5281

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 7006D = Llyfr Du Basing (Black Book of Basingwerk) [s. xv²]

London, British Library, MS Cotton Cleopatra B v 3, ff. 223-250 [s. xiv¹]

London, British Library, MS Additional 19709 [s. xiv]

Fragment

Oxford, Jesus College, MS 111 = Red Book of Hergest (Llyfr Coch Hergest) [s. xiv-xv]

Oxford, Jesus College, MS 141 [c. 1460-1500]

Philadelphia, Library Company, MS 8680.O [s. xiv^ex–xvi²]

Language

Middle Welsh

Date

13th century?

Form

prose (primary)

Textual relationships

(Possible) sources: Historia Daretis Phrygii de excidio TroiaeHistoria Daretis Phrygii de excidio TroiaeView incoming data

Classification

Welsh chroniclesWelsh chronicles
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Subjects

Trojan War
Trojan War

id. 61073

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[dipl. ed.] Thomas, Peter Wynn [ed.], D. Mark Smith, and Diana Luft [transcribers and encoders], Welsh prose (Rhyddiaith Gymraeg) 1300–1425, Online: Cardiff University, 2007–present. URL: <http://www.rhyddiaithganoloesol.caerdydd.ac.uk>.

Diplomatic editions of the texts in the Red Book of Hergest (Oxford, Jesus College, MS 111), Cardiff 1.362 (Hafod 1), NLW MS 3035, BL MS Add. 19709, NLW MS Pen. 47i, NLW MS Pen. 19, Philadelphia MS 8680, and BL MS Cotton Cleopatra B v/iii.

[ed.] [tr.] Miles, Brent, An introduction to Middle Welsh: a learner’s grammar of the medieval language and reader, Toronto, 2023. URL: <https://hdl.handle.net/1807/128582>.

abstract:

An Introduction to Middle Welsh: A Learner’s Grammar of the Medieval Language and Reader presents a complete course in reading Middle Welsh. The course is intended both for those who are working with a teacher and for self-learners, and assumes no prior knowledge of any Celtic language. A Learner’s Grammar introduces the grammatical constructions and vocabulary required for the person who wishes to read medieval Welsh prose, with exercises from authentic Welsh texts in each unit. The Reader in the second part presents long excerpts from texts from medieval Welsh literature and history. A full Glossary is included.

352–404 An edition of the complete text in the Red Book of Hergest, included as part of the reader. Incl. brief introduction, English translation and textual notes.

[ed.] Owens, B. G., “Y fersiynau Cymraeg o Dares Phrygius (Ystorya Dared)”, MA thesis, University of Wales, 1951.

A critical edition of all the textual witnesses.

[ed.] Rhŷs, John, and J. Gwenogvryn Evans, The text of the Bruts from the Red Book of Hergest, Series of Old Welsh Texts, 2, Oxford: Evans, 1890.

Internet Archive: <link>

1–39 A transcription of the Red Book of Hergest version.

[ed.] Evans, D. Silvan, “Mabinogion. Ystori Dared”, Y Brython 2:7 (Mai, 1859): 97–99.