Llawysgrif pomffred : an edition and study of Peniarth MS 259B / by Sara Elin Roberts.
Llawysgrif Pomffred presents for the first time an edition of an overlooked Welsh law manuscript, Peniarth 259B. This is an important and groundbreaking edition which will contribute to our understanding of the relationship and development of the Welsh law texts. The manuscript contains a law text o...
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| Other title: | Gwentian code. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Welsh |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Series: | Medieval law and its practice ;
v. 10. |
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| Summary: | Llawysgrif Pomffred presents for the first time an edition of an overlooked Welsh law manuscript, Peniarth 259B. This is an important and groundbreaking edition which will contribute to our understanding of the relationship and development of the Welsh law texts. The manuscript contains a law text of the Cyfnerth redaction, seen to be the earliest of the Welsh law redactions, and it also has a lengthy tail of additional material which is largely practical in nature, and seems to reflect the legal situation in the March of Wales, with English and Welsh legal customs being mixed. The manuscript. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 378 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004191389 9004191380 |
| ISSN: | 1873-8176 ; |
| Language: | Includes Welsh text of the manuscript with parallel English translation, and acknowledgements in Welsh. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |