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Vita Gildae (Caradoc of Llancarfan)

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Second known vita of Gildas, written in the 12th century by the Welsh cleric Caradog of Llancarfan. It is a work of hagiogaphical and historical fiction intended to associate the abbey of Glastonbury with the saint. The text is known for weaving Arthurian legend into its narrative world and offers an early account of the abduction of Gwenhwyfar by Melwas.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 101

Transcript.

pp. 43–52

MS

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 139

f. 176v–f. 179r

Text

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 139

ff. 176v–179r

Text

London, British Library, MS Burney 310

p. 330ff

Text

London, British Library, MS Royal 13 B vii

f. 20ff

Sources

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[ed.] [tr.] Williams, Hugh, Gildae De excidio Britanniae / Gildas: The ruin of Britain, London: The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1899.

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390–413 [‘Vita II: Vita Gildae, written by Caradoc of Llancarvan’]

[ed.] Mommsen, Theodor [ed.], Chronica minora saec. IV, V, VI, VII, vol. 3, MGH Scriptores. Auctores antiquissimi, 13, Berlin: Weidmann, 1898.

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107–110 [‘Vita Gildae auctore Caradoco Lancarbanensi’]