Peniarth 20 [SEP] material used
Peniarth 20
Peniarth 20 is an early Welsh manuscript, written on parchment, that is part of the Peniarth collection in the National Library of Wales. It is also known as the "Chronicle of the Princes" because it contains an important version of the chronicle "Brut y Tywysogion". Daniel Huws, the leading authority on Welsh manuscripts, has argued that the majority of Peniarth 20 dates from circa 1330. A date around the 15th century had previously been offered by J. Gwenogvryn Evans.
The Peniarth 20 manuscript contains
The version entitled "Brenhinoedd y Saeson" ("Kings of the English") combines material from the Welsh annals with material from an English source.
The Peniarth MS. 20 version begins in 682 with a record of the death of Cadwaladr and ends in 1332. The entries for the earlier years are brief, usually records of deaths and events such as eclipses, plagues or earthquakes, but later entries give much more detail. The main focus is on the rulers of the kingdoms of Gwynedd, Powys and Deheubarth,