num_pages: 164
description: The so-called Venedotian Code - one of the three medieval Welsh versions of the laws attributed to Hywel Dda - is preserved in twenty-five manuscripts dating from the thirteenth to the eighteenth centuries.The text of the present edition is a reconstruction from extant MSS. of the thirteenth century lawbook of Iorwerth ap Madog, with critical apparatus and notes. The Introduction traces the relationship of the 'Venedotian MSS.' to their origin in the Book of Iorwerth.
language: English
title: Llyfr Iorwerth: A Critical Text of the Venedotian Code of Medieval Welsh Law
titlecomplete: Llyfr Iorwerth: A Critical Text of the Venedotian Code of Medieval Welsh Law
places: Wales
publisher: University of Wales Press