Texts
Cân Rolant
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Medieval Welsh version of La chanson de Roland, which survives as part of a compilation of texts about Charlemagne known as Ystorya de Carolo Magno or the Welsh Charlemagne cycle. It focuses on the battle of Roncevaux Pass (778) and events leading up to the battle.
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Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 8/part ii
Leaves missing between pp. 30–31 and after 34.
pp. 19–30, [lacuna], 31–34, [lacuna]
Sources
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[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>.
Peniarth MSS 5, 7, 8/1, 8/2, 9 and 10, and the Red Book of Hergest. direct link
