Peniarth 6 [SEP] collection
Peniarth 6
Peniarth 6 is a medieval Welsh manuscript. It is part of the collection of Peniarth Manuscripts, named for Peniarth Mansion in Meirionnydd, south Gwynedd, where they were kept for many years.
Among the texts are parts of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, the oldest text existing. It dates to the period circa 1225-1275. Peniarth 6 is kept in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
collections of the National Library, with the majority being in the Peniarth Collection (see the list of Welsh Law manuscripts).
- "Llyfr Du'r Waun" (mid-13th century), also known as the Black Book of Chirk, the earliest Welsh text of the laws of Hywel Dda (Peniarth MS 29).
- Peniarth 32 is a 15th-century volume of the laws of Hywel Dda.
- The Peniarth 51 manuscript contains poetry, Welsh grammar, vocabularies, and historical triads that was written, mostly