Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth 5

Images: National Library of Wales

Other shelfmarks: Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch ‘The White Book of Rhydderch’ (NB: while originally bound with MS Peniarth 4, that MS’s contents are not counted in this entry); formerly Hengwrt 5.

Physical description: viii (folios iv–viii also lettered b–f) + 158 fols.), vellum and paper; 218 × 149 to 153 mm.; rebound at NLW

Language: Middle Welsh

Date: ca. 1350

Provenance: Wales, probably the Carthusian house at Strata Florida (on paleographic grounds); written for Rhydderch ab Ieuan Llwyd of Parcrhydderch, Llangeitho, Ceredigion.

Contents:

Legend of the Holy Rood Tree (Ystoria Adda; fols. 4^r–6^r)

Death of Pilate (Ystoria Bilatus; fols. 10^r–11^r)

Life of Judas (Ystoria Judas; fols. 11^r–11^v)

Tiburtine Sibyl (Proffwydoliaeth Sibli Ddoeth; fols. 12^r–14^r)

Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew (Mabinogi Iesu Grist; fols. 14^r–20^r)

Life of Mary Magdalene (Buchedd Mair Fadlen; fols. 26^r–28^r)

Gospel of Nicodemus (Efengyl Nicodemus; fols. 30^r–36^v)

Vengeance of the Savior (Ystoria Titus; fols. 36^v–38^r)

Assumption of the Virgin by Pseudo-Melito (Marwolaeth Mair; fols. 38^r–40^r)

Additional contents: Delw’r Byd (Honorius Augustodunensis’s Imago mundi, 2^r–4^r), Y Groglith (Passion Account, Matthew 26:2–28:7, 6^r–8^r), Elen a’r Grog (St. Helen and the Cross; 8^r–10^r), Pymtheng Arwydd cyn Dydd Brawd (Fifteen Signs of Judgment Day, 11^v), Pa ddelw y dylai dyn gredu i Dduw (How to believe in God, a catechetical treatise, 20^v–21^v), Buchedd Catrin (Life of St. Catherine of Alexandria, 21^v–23^r), Buchedd Fargred (Life of St. Margaret of Antioch, 23^v–26^r), Buchedd Mair o’r Aifft (Life of Mary of Egypt, 28^r–28^v), Ystoria Adda ac Efa y Wreic (Life of Adam and Eve, 28^v–29^v), Disgynyddion Adda (The Genealogy of Adam, 29^v–30^r), Gwyrthiau Mair (Miracles of Mary, 40^v–45^r), Gwyrthiau Edmund (45^v–48^r), Credo Athanasius (Athanasian Creed, 48^v–49^v), Brief Theological Tracts (49^v–50^v), Efengyl Ieuan (Prologue of John’s Gospel, 50^v), Purdan Padrig (St. Patrick’s Purgatory, 58^r–65^r), Ystoria Carolo Magno (Charlemagne Romances, 66^r–118^v), Ystoria Bown de Hamtwn (Bevis of Hampton, 119^r–152^r).

Catalog:

Evans, J. Gwenogvryn, ed. Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language. London: Historical Manuscripts Commission, 1899 (vol. 1.2: 305–16).

Other online databases: The Welsh Prose 1300-1425 Project

Entry created by Stephen Hopkins, University of Central Florida ([email protected]), 23 January 2019.