A_list_of_Welsh_Law_manuscripts

List of <i>Cyfraith Hywel</i> manuscripts

List of Cyfraith Hywel manuscripts

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This page lists all manuscripts known to contain versions of the Cyfraith Hywel first codified by Hywel Dda in the mid 10th century.[1]

The manuscripts

Iorwerth redaction

  • Black Book of Chirk Peniarth 29
  • BL Cotton Titus D II
  • BL Cotton Caligula A III
  • Peniarth 32 Llyfr Teg (Welsh)
  • BL Add MS 14931
  • Peniarth 35; the first 75 folios of Peniarth 35 seem to be a medieval attempt to reconstruct the lost Book of Cynog[2]
  • Peniarth 40
  • Peniarth 39

Blegywryd redaction

  • Peniarth 38
  • Jesus College Oxford, MS LVII
  • BL Cotton Titus D IX
  • Peniarth 33
  • Peniarth 36B
  • Peniarth 36A
  • Peniarth 259A
  • Wynnstay 36
  • Peniarth 31
  • BL Add MS 22356
  • BL Harley MS 958
  • Llanstephan 116
  • Trinity College Cambridge 1329
  • Llanstephan 29
  • NLW ms 24029A Boston manuscript
  • Peniarth 258

Cyfnerth redaction

  • Bodorgan Manuscript
  • Peniarth 37
  • BL Harley MS 4353
  • BL Cotton Cleopatra A XIV
  • BL Cotton Cleopatra B V
  • NLW MS 20143A
  • Peniarth 259B Pomffred manuscript

Latin texts

  • Peniarth 28
  • BL Cotton Vespasian E XI 1
  • BL Harley MS 1796
  • Rawlinson C 821
  • Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 454

Others

  • Peniarth 30 Llyfr Colan (Welsh)
  • Peniarth 34
  • Peniarth 164
  • Peniarth 175
  • Peniarth 36C

References

  1. [1]
    Roberts, Dr Sara. "Cyfraith Hywel Website - Index of Manuscripts". Cyfraith Hywel.
  2. [2]
    Wiliam, Aled Rhys. "Restoration of the Book of Cynog". National Library of Wales Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 (1988), p. 245–256. Accessed 27 Feb 2013.
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