Title: Diarhebion llyfr coch Hergest
Description: Contains the two largest collections of medieval Welsh proverbs from the Red Book of Hergest, circa 1400 and discusses sources and their mostly ‘non-Celtic’ character. Linguistic and textual notes compare contexts in later Welsh texts (and in other languages such as Latin, French, English, and German). Includes an appendix with proverbs from the earlier Peniarth 17; a concordance with the Thesaurus Proverbiorum Medii Aevi; and, a bibliography and glossary.
Subjects: Welsh Proverbs, Welsh literature, History and criticism, Red Book of Hergest
Time periods: To 1550