NLW MS 733B Piers Plowman is a version of the Middle English allegorical poem that combines text from versions 'A' and 'C'. It has been suggested that this manuscript, which dates from the first quarter of the fifteenth century, could help to track the evolution of the

Piers Plowman ''Piers Plowman'' (written 1370–86; possibly ) or ''Visio Willelmi de Petro Ploughman'' (''William's Vision of Piers Plowman'') is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland. It is written in un-rhymed, alliterative v ...

poem. It was part of the manuscript collection that the

National Library of Wales The National Library of Wales ( cy, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru), Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales and is one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies. It is the biggest library in Wales, holding over 6.5 million boo ...

purchased from Plas Power, Denbighshire in 1913. Like NLW MS 735C, this volume might have once belonged to the Welsh scholar and lexicographer Thomas Lloyd, and could be one of the 'three or four old manuscripts' that are referred to in the 1778 catalogue of the Plas Power library.

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{{reflist 15th-century manuscripts Middle English poems National Library of Wales collections English-language manuscripts