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 by England. Subsequently, the Welsh law's criminal codes were superseded by t ...
. The manuscript, which is written in Latin, dates from the second half of the thirteenth century. It is part of the
Peniarth Manuscript Collection that was the foundation collection of the
National Library of Wales.
References
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Welsh manuscripts
Peniarth collection
National Library of Wales collections