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Summary

Cymraeg: Seryddiaeth GynnarEnglish: Texts on astronomy (

)

Author

Unknown author

Title

Cymraeg: Seryddiaeth Gynnar

English: Texts on astronomy

Description

English: The oldest scientific manuscript in the National Library the volume contains various Latin texts on astronomy. The volume, written in Caroline minuscule, consists of two sections, the first (ff. 1-26) copied c. 1000, in the Limoges area of France, probably in the milieu of Adémar de Chabannes (989-1034), whilst the second (ff. 27-50), from a scriptorium in the same region, may be dated c. 1150.

Date

between 1001 and 1100

Medium

vellum

Collection

National Library of Wales

	Native name	Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
	Location	Aberystwyth
	Coordinates	52° 24′ 51.67″ N, 4° 04′ 55.87″ W
	Established	1907
	Website	https://www.library.wales
	Authority file	: Q666063 VIAF: 139269948 ISNI: 0000000406057171 LCCN: n50062130 OSM: 553399 GND: 1005759-6 WorldCat

References

NLW MS 735C

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