Delw y byd Chapters 1[1]-7[7]

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Discuss the structure of the world in general. (note: the Welsh text omits chapter 4[4].)

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Chapter 1[1]

Describes the shape of the world, which is similar to an egg.

Occurs in: RB-A and RB-B (intro + <1[1]>)

Chapter 1[1] of RB-A is proceeded by two introductory letters (see above). The text in RB-B starts with an introduction, added instead of the introductory letters in front of chapter 1[1].

Editions: - Lewis & Diverres: pp. 23, 85.

- Petrovskaia: pp. 46, 47.

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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