page_title: NLW MS 24029A (Boston Manuscript)
section_title: Contents
hierarchical_section_title: NLW MS 24029A (Boston Manuscript) / Contents
caption_attribution_description: English: This small Welsh manuscript dates from the second half of the 14th century, and contains the Dyfed version of native Welsh law.
context_page_description: The Boston Manuscript of the Laws of Hywel Dda
  is a Welsh manuscript created in south-west Wales c.1350-1400 and added to by other scribes in the later Middle Ages. The complex composition of the manuscript has been mapped by archivists at the National library Wales. It is 99 vellum leaves and 98mm by 50mm and is not illuminated, although it does use some coloured inks. It was acquired at auction at Sotherby's by the National Library of Wales in 2012 for £541,250 and is now part of the General Manuscript Collection.
context_section_description: The manuscript contains a text of the Blegywrd redaction of medieval Welsh laws and was used as a working 'legal textbook', perhaps by itinerant Welsh legal professionals.
caption: The Boston Manuscript
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