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Title
Date(s)
- [15 cent., second ½]. (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
Paginated 206-407 : Parchment.
Bound in leather, gilt.
Context area
Archival history
The manuscript was once in the possession of Edward Lhuyd (see p. 206).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A manuscript containing The Burial of Arthur (pp. 206-233), The Travels of Odoricus (pp. 234-277), The Seven Wise Men of Rome (pp. 278-319), The Gospel of Nicodemus (pp. 320-343), theological tracts, etc. (pp. 344-407). For The Seven Wise Men of Rome see also the Red Book of Hergest, col. 555.
The text of the Gospel of Nicodemus is very brief and seems to follow the 'Latin Gospel of Nicodemus' (see Tischendorf & Harris Cowper's editions of the Apocryphal Gospels). The text beginning at p. 350 breaks off in the middle of a commentary on the tenth commandment and the remainder of the text is lost. The Commandments are given in Latin and Welsh, and the commentary upon them is extensive. This manuscript is a continuation of 'Didrefn Gasgliad Vol. I'.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), pp. 420-422.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Formerly Shirburn MS C. 19.
Note
Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 2 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Arthur, King -- Death and burial (Subject)
- Odorico, da Pordenone, 1265?-1331 -- Travel (Subject)