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s known to contain versions of the

Welsh Laws Welsh law ( cy, Cyfraith Cymru) is an autonomous part of the English law system composed of legislation made by the Senedd.Law Society of England and Wales (2019)England and Wales: A World Jurisdiction of Choice eport(Link accessed: 16 March 20 ...

first codified by Hywel Dda in the mid 10th century.

The manuscripts

Iorwerth redaction

Black Book of Chirk The ''Black Book of Chirk'' ( cy, Llyfr Du o'r Waun) is a 13th-century Welsh-language manuscript, known also as the Chirk Codex. It is Peniarth 29 of the National Library of Wales, and deals with legal and historical matters. It contains also an e ...

''Peniarth 29'' * BL Cotton Titus D II * BL Cotton Caligula A III *

Peniarth 32 Peniarth Manuscript 32 is a fifteenth-century volume of the laws of Hywel Dda that contains a brief chronicle from Gwrtheyrn Gwrtheneu to King John, Paul's Vision, the Tree of the Cross, Brutus Saxonum, and various englynion. It is beautifully writt ...

''Llyfr Teg (Welsh)'' * BL Add MS 14931 * Peniarth 35 * 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 Peniarth Manuscript 259B, known as ''Pomffred'' since it had previously been owned by the constable of Pontefract Castle, is a version of the Laws of Hywel Dda. Aneurin Owen assigned this manuscript the siglum ''Z'' in his ''Ancient laws and institu ...

''Pomffred manuscript''

Latin texts

Peniarth 28 Peniarth 28 is the earliest of the surviving copy of the Laws of Hywel Dda ''Cyfraith Hywel'' (; ''Laws of Hywel''), also known as Welsh law ( la, Leges Walliæ), was the system of law practised in medieval Wales before its final conquest b ...

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

Others

Peniarth 30 Peniarth is a village and community in Meifod, Powys, Wales. It is 87.1 miles (140.2 km) from Cardiff and 156.9 miles (252.5 km) from London. It is represented in the Senedd by Russell George (Conservative). It is part of the Montgomery ...

''Llyfr Colan (Welsh)'' *

Peniarth 34 Peniarth is a village and community in Meifod, Powys, Wales. It is 87.1 miles (140.2 km) from Cardiff and 156.9 miles (252.5 km) from London. It is represented in the Senedd by Russell George (Conservative). It is part of the Montgomery ...

Peniarth 164 ''Esboniadau ar Gyfraith Hywel Dda'' (Peniarth 164) is a volume of commentaries on the Laws of Hywel Dda from the late fourteenth century that is known as 'siglum H'. The manuscript contains almost 500 triads and some unique material, but a large pa ...

Peniarth 175 Peniarth is a village and community in Meifod, Powys, Wales. It is 87.1 miles (140.2 km) from Cardiff and 156.9 miles (252.5 km) from London. It is represented in the Senedd by Russell George (Conservative). It is part of the Montgomery ...

Peniarth 36C Peniarth is a village and community in Meifod, Powys, Wales. It is 87.1 miles (140.2 km) from Cardiff and 156.9 miles (252.5 km) from London. It is represented in the Senedd by Russell George (Conservative). It is part of the Montgomery ...

References

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Manuscripts A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in ...

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