List of Cyfraith Hywel manuscripts explained

This page lists all manuscripts known to contain versions of the Cyfraith Hywel first codified by Hywel Dda in the mid 10th century.^[1]

The manuscripts

Iorwerth redaction

• Black Book of Chirk Peniarth 29
• BL Cotton Titus D II
• BL Cotton Caligula A III
• Peniarth 32 Llyfr Teg (Welsh)
• BL Add MS 14931
• Peniarth 35; the first 75 folios of Peniarth 35 seem to be a medieval attempt to reconstruct the lost Book of Cynog^[2]
• Peniarth 40
• Peniarth 39

Blegywryd redaction

• Peniarth 38
• Jesus College Oxford, MS LVII
• BL Cotton Titus D IX
• Peniarth 33
• Peniarth 36B
• Peniarth 36A
• Peniarth 259A
• Wynnstay 36
• Peniarth 31
• BL Add MS 22356
• BL Harley MS 958
• Llanstephan 116
• Trinity College Cambridge 1329
• Llanstephan 29
• NLW ms 24029A Boston manuscript
• Peniarth 258

Cyfnerth redaction

• Bodorgan Manuscript
• Peniarth 37
• BL Harley MS 4353
• BL Cotton Cleopatra A XIV
• BL Cotton Cleopatra B V
• NLW MS 20143A
• Peniarth 259B Pomffred manuscript

Latin texts

• Peniarth 28
• BL Cotton Vespasian E XI 1
• BL Harley MS 1796
• Rawlinson C 821
• Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 454

Others

• Peniarth 30 Llyfr Colan (Welsh)
  • • • Peniarth 34 Peniarth 164 Peniarth 175 Peniarth 36C

References

1. Web site: Roberts. Dr Sara. Cyfraith Hywel Website - Index of Manuscripts. Cyfraith Hywel.
2. Wiliam, Aled Rhys. "Restoration of the Book of Cynog". National Library of Wales Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 (1988), p. 245256. Accessed 27 Feb 2013.