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

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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) and Red Book (B) (intro + <1[1]>) (f. 121v, col. 502, l. 19-32). - Chapter 1[1] of the Red Book (A) is proceeded by two introductory letters (see above). - 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)).

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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