Medieval History
One of the first medieval manuscripts to be written in Welsh will go on display for the first time in more than 200 years.
The 14th Century pocket book, The Laws of Hywel Dda, was bought at auction by the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, for £541,250 earlier this month.
It is believed the book was taken to America by Welsh settlers in the 1700s.
The manuscript will be exhibited at the at the National Library's Hengwrt Room.
It was sold by the Massachusetts Historical Society of Boston.
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Medieval History
Medieval £540k manuscript The Laws of Hywel Dda goes on display
The 14th Century pocket book, The Laws of Hywel Dda, was bought at auction by the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, for £541,250 earlier this month.
It is believed the book was taken to America by Welsh settlers in the 1700s.
The manuscript will be exhibited at the at the National Library's Hengwrt Room.
It was sold by the Massachusetts Historical Society of Boston.
Click here to read this article from the BBC
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Exciting news from the National Library of Wales, where ASNC doctoral student Myriah Williams, and her supervisor Professor Paul Russell, have been working a thirteenth-century manuscript, the Black Book of Carmarthen. By scanning the manuscript with...
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