This page lists all manuscripts known to contain versions of the Cyfraith Hywel first codified by Hywel Dda in the mid 10th century.
The manuscripts
Iorwerth redaction Black Book of Chirk Peniarth 29 BL Cotton Titus D II BL Cotton Caligula A III Peniarth 32 Llyfr Teg (Welsh) BL Add MS 14931 Peniarth 35; the first 75 folios of Peniarth 35 seem to be a medieval attempt to reconstruct the lost Book of CynogWiliam, Aled Rhys. "Restoration of the Book of Cynog". National Library of Wales Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 (1988), p. 245256. Accessed 27 Feb 2013. Peniarth 40 Peniarth 39
Blegywryd redaction Peniarth 38 Jesus College Oxford, MS LVII BL Cotton Titus D IX Peniarth 33 Peniarth 36B Peniarth 36A Peniarth 259A Wynnstay 36 Peniarth 31 BL Add MS 22356 BL Harley MS 958 Llanstephan 116 Trinity College Cambridge 1329 Llanstephan 29 NLW ms 24029A Boston manuscript Peniarth 258
Cyfnerth redaction Bodorgan Manuscript Peniarth 37 BL Harley MS 4353 BL Cotton Cleopatra A XIV BL Cotton Cleopatra B V NLW MS 20143A Peniarth 259B Pomffred manuscript
Latin texts Peniarth 28 BL Cotton Vespasian E XI 1 BL Harley MS 1796 Rawlinson C 821 Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 454
Others Peniarth 30 Llyfr Colan (Welsh) Peniarth 34 Peniarth 164 Peniarth 175 Peniarth 36C
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