Book Of The Anchorite Of Llanddewibrefi
The Book of the Anchorite of Llanddewibrefi (also Jesus ms. 119) (Welsh: ''Llyfr Ancr Llanddewibrefi'' or ''Llyfr yr Ancr'') is a fourteenth-century Welsh manuscript. It contains a collection of religious texts translated from Latin to Welsh, chief among them the Elucidarium, as well as Historia Lucidar, Ymborth yr Enaid, Breuddwyd Pawl and the Prester John text Ystorya Gwlat Ieuan Vendigeit. It is dated in a colophon to Historia Lucidar to the year 1346. The scribe identifies himself as an anchorite, but remains otherwise anonymous. He also states in the manuscript that it was commissioned by Gruffydd ap Llywelyn ap Phylip ap Trahaearn of Cantref Mawr in Carmarthenshire. At the end of the seventeenth or beginning of the eighteenth century, it was given to Jesus College, Oxford,Rowles, pp. 106–107 and is currently housed in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Bibliography *Thomas Jones, 'The Book of the Anchorite of Llanddewi Brefi', ''Transactions and Archaeological Record, Cardigan ...
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The Elucidarium And Other Tracts In Welsh From Llyvyr Agkyr Llandewivrevi A
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when fol ...
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