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  • His interest in literature caused him to form the collection known as the Harleian

    The Journal to Stella 2003

  • Of this two great collections are still extant, the "Benediktbeuren" collection and the so-called Harleian manuscript (no. 978) at Cambridge.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • He gave evidence late in life of his love for literature by forming the collection of manuscripts known as the Harleian, and we know from Swift that he was deeply impressed with the importance of having allies in the Press.

    Daniel Defoe Minto, William, 1845-1893 1879

  • A man of literary tastes, he spent a portion of his immense fortune in forming the finest library of the period, and it is to him the student is indebted for the magnificent collection known as the "Harleian," which subsequently became, by purchase, the property of the nation, and is deposited in the British

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 Various

  • In the Harleian manuscript of Annales Cambriae the oldest version, sometimes called the A text, there are five entries using 'slept' - Latin dormitatio or dormit - in the period from 500 to 750.

    Iago Gwynedd Carla 2010

  • Later on in the Life, St Beuno is granted land by King Cynan son of Brochwel who appears in the Harleian genealogies as the father of Selyf ap Cynan, see above, and rebukes the sons of Selyf, prophesying that they and their kingdom will be destroyed.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Carla 2009

  • Concenn, Pascent and Maun feature in the Harleian genealogy (see below), there traced back to a founder called Catel Dunlurc (presumably the Catel Drunluc of Historia Brittonum), but there is no mention in the Harleian genealogy of Vortigern or Britu.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Carla 2009

  • [O]uen map [H]iguel map catell map Rotri map mermin map etthil merch cinnan map rotri map Iutguaul map Catgualart map Catgollaun map Catman map Iacob map Beli map Run map Mailcun map Catgolaun Iauhir map Eniaun girt map Cuneda-- Harleian genealogy

    Chronology of the Kings of Gwynedd in the seventh century Carla 2009

  • Selyf map Cynan can be identified in the genealogies of the kings of Powys Selim map Cinan at the beginning of the Harleian entry, and Seliph M Kynan in the middle of the Jesus College entry:

    Archive 2009-08-01 Carla 2009

  • Apart from variations in the spelling, the two geneaologies are identical the Harleian genealogy has three more generations than the Jesus College manuscript; the two coincide from Rodri back to Cunedda.

    Chronology of the Kings of Gwynedd in the seventh century Carla 2009

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