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11. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish and English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
Paper codex

12. 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, da...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish, English, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
Mid 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume