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Hendregadredd Manuscript

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225: 48: 282: 106:. Work began on this collection of poetry sometime after 1282 - first by one main scribe, perhaps the original architect of the volume - but nearly forty different hands were involved in two further strata of scribal activity, working well into the mid-14th century. About 1330 a number of poems by contemporary poets were added. These include a poem possibly in the hand of 89:
The manuscript is the earliest witness of the works of the Gogynfeirdd, the Welsh court poets who were active from the early 12th century until the 14th century. It is especially valuable as the only other major source of their work is the
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The manuscript then disappeared for over a century. It was unexpectedly rediscovered in 1910 in a cupboard in a disused bedroom of the mansion of Hendregadredd near
63:(d.1667). A catalogue of the library made in the early 1800s failed to find the manuscript, it having likely been taken in 1778 by the Anglican priest and scholar 367: 82:(1779-1857), stated "I have long been in possession of this Welsh MS. but forget where or how I obtained it". It is now part of the collection of the 174: 41: 266: 162: 323: 347: 362: 352: 67:(1753–80), who is notorious for removing important medieval manuscripts from libraries and not returning them. 259: 117:. Early copies of sections of the manuscript show that some portions of the original have since been lost. 342: 60: 372: 83: 79: 316: 252: 297: 240: 64: 357: 114: 377: 99: 110:
himself, the best-known poet of his time, who was closely associated with Strata Florida.
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Parts of the Hendregadredd Manuscript were copied in 1617 by the scholar
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Guy, R. "A Lost Medieval Manuscript from North Wales: Hengwrt 33",
29: 202: 56: 281: 141:, from the library at the same time; it has not been seen since. 289: 137:
L (2016), 75. Thomas probably also removed Hengwrt 33, the
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Includes full colour images of the complete manuscript.
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LLyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru/National Library of Wales
74:: a note found inside, written by the Archdeacon of 334: 55:The manuscript was long part of the library at 317: 260: 40:of the poetry of the "Poets of the Princes" ( 368:Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales 324: 310: 267: 253: 149: 147: 44:); it was written between 1282 and 1350. 46: 144: 335: 276: 219: 127: 86:with catalogue number NLW MS 6680B. 13: 167: 157:, Four Courts Press, 1997, p.30 – 14: 389: 196: 280: 223: 1: 120: 59:, assembled by the antiquary 296:. You can help Knowledge by 239:. You can help Knowledge by 203:The Hendregadredd Manuscript 7: 10: 394: 348:Welsh-language manuscripts 275: 218: 175:"Hendregadredd Manuscript" 363:Welsh-language literature 353:Medieval Welsh literature 207:National Library of Wales 155:Medieval Welsh Literature 84:National Library of Wales 51:Hendregadredd Manuscript 26:Llawysgrif Hendregadredd 18:Hendregadredd Manuscript 292:-related article is a 52: 25: 231:This article about a 115:John Davies (Mallwyd) 50: 153:Breeze, Andrew R.: 92:Red Book of Hergest 343:14th-century books 53: 305: 304: 248: 247: 163:978-1-8518-2229-4 385: 373:Manuscript stubs 326: 319: 312: 284: 277: 269: 262: 255: 227: 220: 190: 189: 187: 185: 171: 165: 151: 142: 131: 108:Dafydd ap Gwilym 80:Richard Newcombe 393: 392: 388: 387: 386: 384: 383: 382: 333: 332: 331: 330: 274: 273: 216: 199: 194: 193: 183: 181: 173: 172: 168: 152: 145: 132: 128: 123: 12: 11: 5: 391: 381: 380: 375: 370: 365: 360: 355: 350: 345: 329: 328: 321: 314: 306: 303: 302: 285: 272: 271: 264: 257: 249: 246: 245: 228: 214: 213: 198: 197:External links 195: 192: 191: 166: 143: 135:Studia Celtica 125: 124: 122: 119: 100:Strata Florida 65:Richard Thomas 61:Robert Vaughan 36:containing an 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 390: 379: 376: 374: 371: 369: 366: 364: 361: 359: 356: 354: 351: 349: 346: 344: 341: 340: 338: 327: 322: 320: 315: 313: 308: 307: 301: 299: 295: 291: 286: 283: 279: 278: 270: 265: 263: 258: 256: 251: 250: 244: 242: 238: 234: 229: 226: 222: 221: 217: 212: 208: 204: 201: 200: 180: 176: 170: 164: 160: 156: 150: 148: 140: 136: 130: 126: 118: 116: 111: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 87: 85: 81: 77: 73: 68: 66: 62: 58: 49: 45: 43: 39: 35: 31: 27: 23: 19: 358:Welsh poetry 298:expanding it 287: 241:expanding it 230: 215: 210: 182:. Retrieved 178: 169: 154: 138: 134: 129: 112: 88: 69: 54: 17: 15: 378:Wales stubs 184:28 December 139:Hanesyn Hen 42:Gogynfeirdd 337:Categories 233:manuscript 121:References 104:Ceredigion 96:Cistercian 72:Porthmadog 34:manuscript 98:abbey of 76:Merioneth 38:anthology 30:medieval 28:), is a 205:at the 57:Hengwrt 161:  32:Welsh 290:Wales 288:This 235:is a 22:Welsh 294:stub 237:stub 186:2023 159:ISBN 16:The 102:in 339:: 209:. 177:. 146:^ 78:, 24:: 325:e 318:t 311:v 300:. 268:e 261:t 254:v 243:. 188:. 20:(

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Welsh
medieval
manuscript
anthology
Gogynfeirdd

Hengwrt
Robert Vaughan
Richard Thomas
Porthmadog
Merioneth
Richard Newcombe
National Library of Wales
Red Book of Hergest
Cistercian
Strata Florida
Ceredigion
Dafydd ap Gwilym
John Davies (Mallwyd)


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978-1-8518-2229-4
"Hendregadredd Manuscript"
The Hendregadredd Manuscript
National Library of Wales
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