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, Harley MS 3859. Part of the

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, the manuscript, which also contains the ''

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'' (Recension A) and a version of the ''

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'', has been dated to ''c.'' 1100, although a date of c.1200 is also possible.Siddons, "Genealogies, Welsh," pp. 800-2; Remfry, P.M., 'Annales Cambriae. A Translation...', p. 4. Since the genealogies begin with the paternal and maternal pedigrees of Owain ap Hywel Dda (d. 988), the material was probably compiled during his reign. The collection also traces the lineages of less prominent rulers of Wales and the

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. Some of the genealogies reappear in the genealogies from Jesus College MS 20.

References

Secondary sources

* Siddons, Michael. "Genealogies, Welsh." In ''Celtic Culture. A Historical Encyclopedia'', ed. John T. Koch. 5 vols. Santa Barbara et al., 2006. pp. 800–2. *Watkin, M., "The Chronology of the Annales Cambriae and the Liber Landavensis on the basis of their Old French Graphical Phenomena", ''National Library of Wales Journal'' 11, no.3 (1960), 181–226. *Remfry, P. M., ''Annales Cambriae. A Translation of Harleian 3859; PRO E.164/1; Cottonian Domitian, A 1; Exeter Cathedral Library MS. 3514 and MS Exchequer DB Neath, PRO E.164/1'' ().

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*. A copy of this text is reproduced on-line at
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', Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews. *Bartrum, Peter C. (tr.). ''Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts''. Cardiff: UWP, 1966. Edited versions of this translation appear at

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