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Title
Date(s)
- [1838] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
A2/1: 7 ff. (text on rectos only) ; 225 x 185 mm.
A2/2: 18 ff. (text mostly on rectos) ; c. 230 x 185 mm.
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Scope and content
The first seven folios only of a transcript, [1838], of 'Iarlles y Ffynnawn' in Welsh [see Mabinogion (1849), I, 1-10] (A2/1); together with the first eighteen folios of a draft, [1838] (watermark 1837), of the English translation, entitled 'The Lady of the Fountain' [Mabinogion (1849), I, 39-56] (A2/2), both in the hand of Charlotte Guest. They were first published in The Mabinogion… Part I: The Lady of the Fountain (London and Llandovery, 1838).
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Language of material
- English
- Welsh
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Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Top of A2/1, f. 7, and the bottom of A2/2, f. 18, cut away; A2/2, ff. 2 and 10 cut in two. The cuts coincide with the beginnings of new gatherings in the printed version (see signature marks on A2 ii, ff. 2a and 10a).
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Note
Original title (A2/1, f. 1).