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1. Harley MS 1782

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1782
Title:
Pascon agan Arluth (The Passion of our Lord)
Scope & Content:
Contents: Pascon agan Arluth, a poem in 259 stanzas containing a detailed description of the Passion of Christ. This is the earliest copy of a full text in the Cornish language to have survived, and the only Cornish manuscript with miniatures (see Murdoch, Cornish Literature (1993), p. 19). It was g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish and English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
Paper codex

2. Harley MS 1867

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1867
Title:
The Creation of the World [Cornish play]; and John Davies, ‘Adagia Britannica’. With other papers.
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1: Letter from Edward Lhwyd to Nathaniel Lloyd. 29 November 1708. ff. 2-58: The Creation of the World: Cornish play, copied from the manuscript written out by William Jordan, 1611, in the Bodleian Library Oxford (MS Bodl. 219), with parallel English translation by John Keigwyn, dated 16...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish, English, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
Mid 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume

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