The ''Bonedd y Saint'' or ''Seint'' (

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for "Descent of the Saints") is a

genealogical Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinsh ...

tract detailing the lineages of the early

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. There are a number of different manuscripts in existence dating from the early 13th to the late 17th century, although the material is much older in origin. The book has also been known as ''Achau Saint Ynys Prydain'' ("Genealogy of the Saints" or "Pedigrees of the Saints of the Isle of Britain").

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* *{{Citation , last=Phillimore , first=Egerton G. B. , year=1886 , editor-last=Powel , editor-first=Thomas , contribution=Boned y Seint (A Fragment from Hengwrt MS. No. 202) , contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kAFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA133 , title=Y Cymmrodor , volume=VII , publisher=Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion , publication-date=1886 , publication-place= , pages=133–134 , url=

External links

''The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales''
Medieval Welsh literature