Llanstephan Manuscripts
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Plas Llanstephan (Llanstephan, Wales : Mansion) -- Archives.
Manuscripts once held in the library of Plas Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire. The collection comprises mainly transcripts from medieval Welsh manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest, the Black Book of Carmarthen and the Red Book of Talgarth which include poetry, triads, pedigrees, arms, lives of saints, Brut y Brenhinedd, Brut y Tywysogion, the Laws of Hywel Dda, etc.; grammars and vocabularies; translations, mainly from Latin and English sources; proverbs; theological tracts; medical recipes; etc. The earliest of the manuscripts date from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. Most of the manuscripts are in the hands of Moses and Samuel Williams, with other scribes including Dr John Davies, Mallwyd, Dr John David Rhys, William Maurice, 'Iaco ab Dewi', Edward Lhuyd and William Owen-Pughe.
Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, Vol. II Part II (London, 1903).
Formerly Shirburn Manuscripts.
[early 13 cent.]-[1825x1827]
200 volumes.
https://archives.library.wales/index.php/llanstephan-manuscripts
reference:GB 0210 MSLLANSTEPH
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Access to the original manuscripts by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Usual copyright laws apply.