Facts about Red Book of Hergest
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Compiled by multiple scribes, the Red Book of Hergest is one of the two most important medieval Welsh manuscripts, alongside the White Book of Rhydderch.
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Among its contents, the Red Book of Hergest preserves some of the earliest Welsh-language versions of the Arthurian tales Culhwch and Olwen.
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Named after Hergest Court in Herefordshire, the Red Book of Hergest takes its name from the Welsh estate where it was long preserved.
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Jesus College, Oxford originally owned the Red Book of Hergest before it was transferred to the Bodleian Library.
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Currently held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, the Red Book of Hergest also contains Welsh poetry and triads alongside its prose tales.
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The Red Book of Hergest is a medieval Welsh manuscript dating from around the late 14th century, containing the Mabinogion tales.