Peniarth

Peniarth is a village and community in Meifod, Powys, Wales. It is 87.1 miles (140.2 km) from Cardiff and 156.9 miles (252.5 km) from London.

It is represented in the National Assembly by Russel George (Conservative) and in Parliament by Glyn Davies (Conservative).

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Peniarth 481

Peniarth 481D is a late 15th century illuminated manuscript in its original binding that is held at the National Library of Wales. It is also known as The Battles of Alexander the Great, a reference to the twenty-six miniatures that accompany the Latin text Historia de preliis Alexandri Magni. The volume also contains Disticha Catonis, and Historia trium Regum (History of the Three Kings). The manuscript, which is one of the most lavishly decorated in the National Library, has examples of the work of an English scribe, a Flemish illuminator and a workshop in Cologne.

Folio 1r.: School, with Cato and his translator (seated below) instructing pupils.

Folio 1r.: School, with Cato and his translator (seated below) instructing pupils.

Folio 2r.: Translator addressing his master on a road leading from a castle to a farm.

Folio 2r.: Translator addressing his master on a road leading from a castle to a farm.

Folio 8v.: Translator addressing his master, with a man ploughing in the background.

Peniarth 109

Peniarth 109 is a Welsh manuscript from the second half of the 15th century (c. 1425 - c. 1490), in the hand of the poet Lewis Glyn Cothi. It is part of the Peniarth Manuscripts Collection at the National Library of Wales.

The parchment manuscript measures 238 x 99 mm, and includes 96 leaves. It is an autograph by Lewis Glyn Cothi, one of the greatest poets of the Nobility, which contains 106 poems. The manuscript is decorated with many illustrations, some in colour, of a noble family crests Welsh, a fact that is testament to the poet's interest in heraldry and genealogy.

It is possible that it was produced in honour of Lord William Herbert (d. 1469), founder of the family of Herbert, as an ode to him is found in the early volumes, with another ode to his brother Richard following.

There is no music that can be dated to the 1480s in the collection. The latest datable poems belong to the late 1470s, and it is fair to conclude that the manuscript was completed around this date.

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