- Hendregadredd Manuscript
The Hendregadredd Manuscript ( _cy. Llawysgrif Hendregadredd), is a
medieval Welshmanuscript containing ananthology the poetry of the Poets of the Princes. It was rediscovered in 1910 after disappearing in the early nineteenth century. It was written during the period between 1282 and 1350. It is now part of the collection of theNational Library of Wales and known as NLW MS 6680B.The manuscript is the earliest witness of the works of the Gogynfeirdd, the Welsh court
poet s who were active from the early twelfth century until the fourteenth century. The only other major source of their work is theRed Book of Hergest . The Hendregadredd Manuscript was probably written at theCistercian abbey of Strata Florida inCeredigion . Work began on this collection of poetry sometime after1282 , first by one main scribe, perhaps the original architect of the volume. But nearly forty different hands were involved in two further strata of scribal activity, working well into the mid-fourteenth century. About 1330 a number of poems by contemporary poets were added, including a poem possibly in the hand ofDafydd ap Gwilym himselfFact|date=January 2008, the most famous poet of the day. He had close associations with Strata Florida and tradition has it that he was buried there.External links
* [http://www.llgc.org.uk/?id=253 The Hendregadredd Manuscript] at the [http://www.llgc.org.uk National Library of Wales] . "Includes full colour images of the complete manuscript."
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