Medieval Cornish Manuscript Sparks Publishing Wrangle

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An almighty row between the Cornish language movement and a Welsh academic institution over what have been described as underhand attempts to suppress the publication of an important medieval manuscript may soon be at an end.

The 16th century document at the centre of the dispute is Bywnans Ke, a play based on the life of St Kea, a fifth-century monk whom legend claims solved a family argument involving King Arthur. Handwritten on vellum, it was discovered among the papers of the late Professor J E Caerwyn Williams in 1999. No one knows when or how the academic came to be in possession of the ancient script, and it seems he did not mention its existence to anyone.

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Medieval Cornish Manuscript Sparks Publishing Wrangle

Since the discovery, leading Cornish language expert Dr Ken George and others have been studying and deciphering the text. And in order that as many people as possible could have access to it, Kesva An Taves Kernewek (Cornish Language Board) published it in book form in May this year. The 250-page A4 publication, whic...

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