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- [mid-late 13 cent.]. (Creation)
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66 ff. (foliated iv ff. + 62 ff. (folios 1-58 are also paginated 1-115 pp.)) : vellum ; 181 x 121 to 126 mm. Rebound at NLW.
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The oldest Welsh text of the Laws of Hywel Dda by two hands dating from the mid-13th century.
There is also a contemporary elegy to Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in a later hand, and a series of provebs, also in a later hand.
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Latin, Welsh.
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A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), 359-361, and the text is printed in J. G. Evans, Facsimile of the Chirk Codex of the Welsh Laws (Llanbedrog, 1909).
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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/5719618 (June 2021)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Also known as the Black Book of Chirk.
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Formerly Hengwrt MS 26.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 29 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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