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The Columbinus Prophecy: Evidence Form Late Medieval Wales

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Author: Falileyev, Alexander

Source: The Welsh History Review, Volume 30, Number 1, June 2020, pp. 19-45(27)

Publisher: University of Wales Press

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16922/whr.30.1.2

The article examines the transmission of the Columbinus prophecy in late medieval Wales. It argues that the Latin next in NLW Peniarth MS 50 is a copy from the lost exemplar on the basis of the analysis of the Welsh translation of the prophecy, the earliest copy of which pre-dates compilation of this codex. The discussion of the extant Welsh and Latin texts known in Britain allows reconstruction of a number of features of the exemplar, and dated it to the 1360s, nearly a century earlier than Peniarth MS 50. This makes the exemplar one of the earliest sources for the circulation of the Latin Prophecy in the British Isles. The paper also considers reasons for the inclusion of the prophecy in late medieval manuscripts in Wales.

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: June 1, 2020

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  • Published by the University of Wales Press since its inception in 1960, The Welsh History Review / Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru is the most authoritative journal in its field. This twice-yearly journal is committed to publishing research on Welsh history, from medieval to modern. The internationally-renowned editorial board includes scholars from universities in Wales, the UK, Europe and the United States, whose collective breadth of knowledge contributes to a diverse range of cultural, social, political and economic history.

    Cyhoeddwyd The Welsh History Review / Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru gan Wasg Prifysgol Cymru ers sefydlu'r cyfnodolyn yn 1960. Hwn yw'r cyfnodolyn mwyaf awdurdodol yn ei faes, a'i brif hanfod yw arddangos amrywiaeth eang o feysydd ymchwil ym maes hanes Cymru, o'r canoloesol hyd at y modern. Ar y bwrdd golygyddol, ceir ysgolheigion o brifysgolion Cymru, y Deyrnas Unedig, Ewrop a'r Unol Daleithiau. Adlewyrchir arbenigeddau'r bwrdd yng nghynnwys y cyfnodolyn, sydd yn ymdrin â hanes diwylliannol, cymdeithasol, gwleidyddol ac economaidd.

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