The ''History of the Kings'', or ''

Brut y Brenhinedd ''Brut y Brenhinedd'' ("Chronicle of the Kings") is a collection of variant Middle Welsh versions of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin ''Historia Regum Britanniae''. About 60 versions survive, with the earliest dating to the mid-13th century. Adaptat ...

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Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey of Monmouth ( la, Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus, cy, Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy; 1095 – 1155) was a British cleric from Monmouth, Wales and one of the major figures in the development of British historiograph ...

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Historia Regum Britanniae ''Historia regum Britanniae'' (''The History of the Kings of Britain''), originally called ''De gestis Britonum'' (''On the Deeds of the Britons''), is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written around 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. I ...

'' (''History of the Kings of Britain''). The manuscript, which was copied in the late fifteenth century, is probably the only illustrated Welsh-language medieval narrative. It is part of the Peniarth Manuscripts collection at the

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(Peniarth Ms. 23C). The text of Peniarth 23C is written on parchment and decorated with fifty-nine illustrations, of which fifty-seven are of kings, and some illuminated initial letters, including zoomorphic forms. It is probable that it was produced in North Wales. File:History of the Kings (f.1) Aeneas (Eneas).jpg, Folio 1. Aeneas. File:History of the Kings (f.13) Madog.jpg, Folio 13r. Madog. File:History of the Kings (f.17.v) Cordeilla ferch Lŷr.jpg, Folio 17v. Cordeilla ferch Lŷr. File:History of the Kings (f.18) Morgan and Cunedda.jpg, Folio 18r. Morgan and Cunedda. File:History of the Kings (f.18.v) Rhiwallon.jpg, Folio 18v. Rhiwallon. File:History of the Kings (f.27.v) Beli Mawr fab Mynogan.jpg, Folio 27v. Beli Mawr fab Mynogan. File:History of the Kings (f.38) the Crucifixion of Christ.jpg, Folio 38r. The Crucifixion of Christ. File:History of the Kings (f.39.v) Coel.jpg, Folio 39v. Coel. File:History of the Kings (f.41) Severus.jpg, Folio 41r. Severus. File:History of the Kings (f.44) Constantius.jpg, Folio 44r. Constantius. File:History of the Kings (f.46) Macsen Wledig.jpg, Folio 46r. Macsen Wledig. File:History of the Kings (f.52.v) Constans.jpg, Folio 52v. Constans. File:History of the Kings (f.66) Emrys Wledig.jpg, Folio 66r. Emrys Wledig. File:History of the Kings (f.72) Uthr Bendragon.jpg, Folio 72r. Uthr Bendragon. File:History of the Kings (f.75.v) King Arthur.jpg, Folio 75v. King Arthur. File:History of the Kings (f.96.v) Ceredig.jpg, Folio 96v. Ceredig. File:History of the Kings (f.96.v) Maelgwn Gwynedd.jpg, Folio 96v. Maelgwn Gwynedd. File:History of the Kings (f.99.v) Cadwallon fab Cadfan.jpg, Folio 99v. Cadwallon fab Cadfan. File:History of the Kings (f.104.v) Cadwaladr Fendigaid.jpg, Folio 104v. Cadwaladr Fendigaid.

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