Images: National Library of Wales
Other shelfmarks: olim Hengwrt 13
Physical description: A composite manuscript of two previously separate manuscripts (Prev. Hengwrt 13 + Hengwrt 25); 204 pp. (foliated and paginated ii ff. + 196 pp. + 2 blank ff.): vellum; 164 × 129 to 171 × 131 mm. (Hengwrt 25, pages 1–94); 166 × 80 to 130 mm. (Hengwrt 13, 95–190)
Language: Middle Welsh
Date: ca. 1250–1350
Provenance: Wales, possibly a Cistercian house
Contents:
Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew (Mabinogi Iesu Grist; pp. 116–136)
Apocalypse of Paul (Breuddwyd Pawl Ebostol; pp. 151–161)
Life of Judas (Ystoria Judas; pp. 161–165)
Legend of the Holy Rood Tree (Ystoria Adda; pp. 165–180)
Additional contents: Buchedd Fargred (Life of St. Margaret of Antioch, pp. 101–116), Brut y Brenhinoedd (incl. prophecies of Merlin, pp. 136–151), Peredur (Arthurian romance, pp. 180–190).
Catalog:
Evans, J. Gwenogvryn, ed. Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language. London: Historical Manuscripts Commission, 1899 (vol. 1.2: 325–34).
Other online databases: The Welsh Prose 1300–1450 Project
Entry created by Stephen Hopkins, University of Central Florida ([email protected]), 31 January 2019.