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Reference code
Bodewryd MS 19D [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
Title
Life of Gildas; Annales Cambriae; &c,
Date(s)
- [1702x1714] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
41 ff. (old pagination 1-10 on ff. 1-5 verso; old pagination 1-30 on ff. 8-22 verso; ff. 6-7 verso blank) ; c. 305 x 200 mm.
Repaired and re-bound at NLW (old vellum covers preserved at end of volume).
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- Vita sanctissimi atque doctissimi viri Gildae incipit ... A copy of the Life of Gildas, which is attributed to Caradog of Llancarvan (ff. 1-5 verso); 2. Incipiunt Chronica Venerabilis Bedae ... A copy of a version of the Annales Cambriae, which seems to correspond with MS C of Ab Ithell's edition in the Rolls Series [see Annales Cambriae (A.D. 444-1288). ed. by J. Williams ab Ithel, M.A. (London, 1860)]. There are only a few extracts from the beginning of the MS, until references to Britain become frequent (ff. 8-23); 3. Annales Cambriae ignoti Authoris. This seems to agree with MS B of the Rolls edition, while omitting the introductory material; the first entry is: 'Anno mortalitas magna fuit in Britannia, pro qua Cadwallader filius Catwallauni in minorem Britanniam aufugit' (see Rolls edition, p. 8). The editor on p. 109 states that in MS B opposite the last entry are the words 'non iven pe'; these are here extended to 'Non inveni plus' (ff. 25-37 verso).
Also included are a single leaf containing entries for several years between 1116 and 1287 (f. 24 recto-verso); a leaf containing entries for several years between 1147 and 1298, the source being indicated by a note: 'Huc usque ex Libro vocato Doomesday reservato penes Rememoratorum Dominae Reginae in Scaccario Westmonasteri' (f. 38 recto-verso), and a page containing entries from the reign of Edelric son of Edgar to that of William Rufus (f. 39). The old vellum covers are part of a document in Latin whose contents are currently obscured following conservation (ff. 40-41).
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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
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
Latin.
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Note
Preferred citation: Bodewryd MS 19D.
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Virtua system control number
vtls005005714
Project identifier
ISYSARCHB1
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Name access points
- Gildas, 516?-570? (Subject)
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Institution identifier
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales