Harleian genealogies
| Harleian genealogies | |
|---|---|
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| Author(s) | anonymous |
| Language | Latin |
| Date | 10th century |
| Manuscript(s) | British Library, Harleian MS 3859 (c. 1100-1200) |
| Genre | genealogical collection |
The Harleian genealogies are a collection of Old Welsh genealogies preserved in British Library, Harleian MS 3859. Part of the Harleian Collection, the manuscript, which also contains the Annales Cambriae (Recension A) and a version of the Historia Brittonum, has been dated to c. 1100, although a date of c.1200 is also possible.[1] Since the genealogies begin with the paternal and maternal pedigrees of Owain ap Hywel Dda (d. 988), the material was probably compiled during his reign.[1] The collection also traces the lineages of less prominent rulers of Wales and the Hen Ogledd or Old North. Some of the genealogies re-appear in the genealogies of Jesus College MS. 20.
References
Secondary sources
- Siddons, Michael. "Genealogies, Welsh." In Celtic Culture. A Historical Encyclopedia, ed. John T. Koch. 5 vols. Santa Barbara et al., 2006. pp. 800-2. Watkin, M., ‘The Chronology of the Annales Cambriae and the Liber Landavensis on the basis of their Old French Graphical Phenomena', National Library of Wales Journal XI [1960], no.3, 181-226. Remfry, P.M., 'Annales Cambriae. A Translation of Harleian 3859; PRO E.164/1; Cottonian Domitian, A 1; Exeter Cathedral Library MS. 3514 and MS Exchequer DB Neath, PRO E.164/1 (ISBN 1-899376-81-X).
Editions
- Phillimore, Egerton (1888), "The Annales Cambriae and Old Welsh Genealogies, from Harleian MS. 3859", in Phillimore, Egerton, Y Cymmrodor IX, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, pp. 141 – 183. A copy of this text is reproduced on-line at Full-text resources for ‘Dark Age’ history, Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews.
- Bartrum, P.C. (tr.). Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts. Cardiff: UWP, 1966. Edited versions of this translation appear at Wikisource and Mary Jones' Celtic Literature Collective.
See also
Further reading
- Nicholson, E. Williams B. (1908), "The Dynasty of Cunedag and the 'Harleian Genealogies'", Y Cymmrodor XXI, London: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, pp. 63 – 105
- Anscombe, A. (1898), "Indexes to Old-Welsh Genealogies (first part)", in Stokes, Whitley; Meyer, Kuno, Archiv für celtische Lexikographie I, Halle: Max Niemeyer (published 1900), pp. 187 – 212; 513 – 549
- Anscombe, A. (1898), "Indexes to Old-Welsh Genealogies (continuation)", in Stokes, Whitley; Meyer, Kuno, Archiv für celtische Lexikographie II, Halle: Max Niemeyer (published 1904), pp. 147 – 196
- James, J.W. “The Harleian Ms. 3859 Genealogy II: The Kings of Dyfed down to Arthur Map Petr. died c. 586.” Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 23:2 (1969), 143-52.
- Phillimore, Egerton, ed. (1887), "Pedigrees from Jesus College MS. 20", Y Cymmrodor VIII, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, pp. 77 – 92