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Cartulary of Landévennec
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A cartulary of the monastery of Landévennec. It largely consists of records purporting to document gifts of land, property and privileges to Gwenolé (Winwaloe), founder and patron saint of the monastery, many of them from Gradlon, the legendary king in Brittany.
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[facs. ed.] Lebecq, Stéphane (ed.), Cartulaire de Saint-Guénolé de Landévennec, Sources médiévales de l’histoire de Bretagne, Rennes: PUR, 2015.
Facsimile of the manuscript of the cartulary (Quimper, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 16), with contributions (prefaces, studies and translations of vitae of Gwenolé) by multiple authors.
[ed.] La Borderie, Arthur de, Cartulaire de l’abbaye de Landévennec: première livraison, Rennes: Société archéologique du Finistère, 1888.
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[ed.] Le Men, René-François, and Émile Ernault, “Cartulaire de Landévennec”, in: Collection de documents inédits sur l’histoire de France, 5, Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1886. 533–600.
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[tr.] La Borderie, Arthur de, “Le cartulaire de Landévennec”, Annales de Bretagne 4 (1888–1889): 295–364.
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