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Black Book of Chirk

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90:, dating it to 1220, and he published a facsimile in 1909. Joseph Loth deduces a similar age in 1911 (Revue Celtique 32) and in 1932 he explains his point of view in an article (revue Celtique 48). It is now regarded as a derivative work, a partial copy of the 97:
Some of the historical content, such as the details of tradition relating to the sixth-century dynast Mordaf Hael, is not now regarded as significant factually.
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The Black Book of Chirk was one of the collection of manuscripts amassed at the mansion of Hengwrt, near
67:(c. 1592 – 1667); the collection later passed to the newly established National Library of Wales as the 79: 64: 38: 115: 83: 68: 46: 42: 8: 192: 91: 41:, and deals with legal and historical matters. It contains also an elegy addressed at 121: 155: 167: 159: 26: 181: 87: 61: 53: 57: 33:) is a 13th-century Welsh-language manuscript, known also as the 78:
in north Wales is not known to go back beyond the 16th century.
45:; king of Wales. This poem was probably written by his grandson 75: 94:
in one manuscript line, and somewhat later in the century.
86:claimed it was the oldest surviving manuscript of 82:called it Manuscript A, of the "Venedotian code". 16:Welsh 13th century legal and historical manuscript 179: 154:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 113: 117:Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia 69:Peniarth or Hengwrt-Peniarth Manuscripts 151:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 107: 180: 147: 13: 148:Thornton, David E. "Mordaf Hael". 74:The manuscript's association with 14: 209: 49:who lived in the 13th century. 141: 1: 168:UK public library membership 7: 37:. It is Peniarth 29 of the 10: 214: 198:Welsh-language manuscripts 120:. ABC-CLIO. p. 1175. 39:National Library of Wales 100: 160:10.1093/ref:odnb/19161 30: 114:John T. Koch (2006). 84:John Gwenogvryn Evans 47:Llywelyn ap Gruffudd 43:Llywelyn ap Iorwerth 188:Peniarth collection 22:Black Book of Chirk 92:Iorwerth Redaction 166:(Subscription or 127:978-1-85109-440-0 31:Llyfr Du o'r Waun 205: 172: 171: 163: 145: 139: 138: 136: 134: 111: 213: 212: 208: 207: 206: 204: 203: 202: 178: 177: 176: 175: 165: 146: 142: 132: 130: 128: 112: 108: 103: 17: 12: 11: 5: 211: 201: 200: 195: 190: 174: 173: 140: 126: 105: 104: 102: 99: 65:Robert Vaughan 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 210: 199: 196: 194: 191: 189: 186: 185: 183: 169: 161: 157: 153: 152: 144: 129: 123: 119: 118: 110: 106: 98: 95: 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 72: 70: 66: 63: 59: 55: 50: 48: 44: 40: 36: 32: 28: 24: 23: 149: 143: 131:. Retrieved 116: 109: 96: 80:Aneurin Owen 73: 51: 34: 21: 20: 18: 60:, by Welsh 35:Chirk Codex 182:Categories 170:required.) 193:Welsh law 88:Welsh law 62:antiquary 54:Dolgellau 133:23 June 58:Gwynedd 164: 124:  101:Notes 76:Chirk 27:Welsh 135:2013 122:ISBN 19:The 156:doi 184:: 71:. 56:, 29:: 162:. 158:: 137:. 25:(

Index

Welsh
National Library of Wales
Llywelyn ap Iorwerth
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
Dolgellau
Gwynedd
antiquary
Robert Vaughan
Peniarth or Hengwrt-Peniarth Manuscripts
Chirk
Aneurin Owen
John Gwenogvryn Evans
Welsh law
Iorwerth Redaction
Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia
ISBN
978-1-85109-440-0
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/19161
UK public library membership
Categories
Peniarth collection
Welsh law
Welsh-language manuscripts

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