The Burial of Arthur, Æsop's fables, &c.,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

Reference
- GB 210 Llanstephan MS 4 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- [c. 1400].
Language of Material
- Welsh, Middle (c. 1100-1400), Latin.
Physical Description
- Parchment.Bound in leather, gilt.Ff. 505-557 are imperfect. The beginning of the text is wanting. There is a lacuna between ff. 507b and 508 and two folios are cut out between ff. 513b and 514. F. 526 is so rubbed that it is practically illegible.Ff. 505-557 are imperfect. The beginning of the text is wanting. There is a lacuna between ff. 507b and 508 and two folios are cut out between ff. 513b and 514. F. 526 is so rubbed that it is practically illegible.
Location
- DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES
  ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A manuscript containing The Burial of Arthur (ff. 505-508), Æsop's Fables (ff. 509-521), the Lives of St David and St Beuno (ff. 522-525b, 528-541), the Purgatory of Patrick (ff. 542-557), etc.
There is a lacuna between ff. 507b and 508. The text of 'Buchedd Dewi' is the same as that printed in Llyvyr agkyr Llandewivrevi, pp. 106, l. 4 to 113, l. 28 and pp. 114, l. 28 to 118, l. 22. The text of 'Buchedd Beuno' is the same as that printed in Llyvyr Agkyr Llandewivrevi, p. 119, l. 23 to p. 127. One folio is missing near the beginning of the text of Breudwyd Pawl which differs from that in Llyvyr agkyr Llandewivrevi. The text of 'Purdan Padric' is practically the same as that printed by Canon Robert Williams (from Peniarth MS 5), but wanting p. 194, l. 31 to p. 196, l. 27, p. 201, l. 14 to p. 205, l. 3 and p. 209, l. 29 to p. 211. The writing resembles that of much of the Red Books of Hergest and Talgarth. The manuscript is a continuation of 'Didrefn Gasgliad' Vols I-III.