Red book of Hergest

The Red book of Hergest (in Welsh: Llyfr coch Hergest ) is one of most important Welsh medieval manuscripts the. It contains at the same time prose and poetry and was written towards 1382 - 1410.

It is preserved at Oxford, in the Bibliothèque bodléienne for the Jesus College (Oxford) (ms 111), it is a gift made by Thomas Wilkins in 1701.

One of some copyists having taken part in the drafting of the manuscript was identified as being Hywel Fychan fab Hywel Goch of Buellt. One knows that he worked for Hopcyn ap Tomas ab Einion (about 1330 - after 1403) of Ynysforgan, Abertawe, and it is possible that the manuscript was carried out for him.

The name of the manuscript comes from the red leather binding and association with the place Plas Hergest, in the Herefordshire in the Welsh Marches.

Contents

The first part of the manuscript contains prose, in particular the Mabinogion , of which it is one of the sources (the other being the White paper of Rhydderch), other tales, historical texts (of which a translation in Welsh of the Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffroy de Monmouth, and other texts of which a series of the Welsh Triades.

The remainder of the manuscript contains poetry of court of the Gogynfeirdd , these poets of the princes.

A collection of remedies there is also found that one allots to Rhiwallon Feddyg, founder of a medical dynasty which lasted more than 500 years, the doctors of Myddfai .

Sources

  • Red book off Hergest . In Meic Stephens (ED.) (1998), The new companion to the literature off Wales . Cardiff: University off Wales Near.
  • Parry, Thomas (1955), has history Welsh literature off. Translated by H. Beautiful Idris. Oxford: Clarendon Near.

External bonds

  • Red Book off Hergest, gold Jesus College ms 111, is share off the Early Manuscripts At Oxford University digitisation project; reprints raising section off Historical Manuscripts Commission, Carryforward one manuscripts in the Welsh language , vol. II leaves I, (London, 1902), describing content the ms and its; Gives access to color images off the entire manuscript .
  • Mary Jones, '' Celtic Encyclopedia '': Llyfr Coch Hergest (entry one manuscript)
  • Mary Jones, '' Celtic Literature Collective '': Llyfr Coch Hergest (content & translations)
  • '' Medical British Association - Wales & Medicine ''

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