The main events in the history of the Mabinogi.
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| DATE | FULL DATE | NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1100 | c. 1100 | Approx. date the Mabinogi were first compiled. |
| 1250 | c. 1250 | Peniarth 6. Fragments of manuscript. Second Branch excerpt page. Third Branch excerpt page. Some Gereint. |
| 1350 | c. 1350 | Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch/ White Book MS. |
| 1382 | 1382 - 1410 | Llyfr Coch Hergest, Red Book MS. Scribed nr. Swansea, Hopcyn. |
| 1707 | Llyfr Coch gifted to Univ. Oxford. | |
| 1715 | Honourable and Loyal Society of Antient Britons, London; founded. | |
| 1795 | Owen (Pughe) First modern print format publ. (Pwyll I) | |
| 1838 | 1838 -45 series | Charlotte Guest' The Mabinogion' bilingual, Wales & London. 7 vols. First complete modern publ. |
| 1849 | Guest, 'Mabinogion' 3 vols. bilngual. | |
| 1877 | Guest, 'Mabinogion' English trans. only. | |
| 1884 | J. Gwenogvryn Evans (re)discovery of Llyfr Gwyn. | |
| 1904 | J. Gwenogwvryn Evans transcribed Llyfr Coch MS. | |
| 1904 | LLyfr Gwyn gifted to the National Library of Wales. | |
| 1906 | Everyman edition of Guest, English only. | |
| 1907 | J. Gwenogwvryn Evans transcribed Llyfr Gwyn MS. | |
| 1912 | Gruffydd article on the Mabinogion. | |
| 1929 | Ellis and Lloyd. The Mabinogion. New trans. | |
| 1930 | 1930, 1951, 1974, 1994. | Williams, PKM. Pedair Cainc Mabinogi. (Welsh) |
| 1949 | Jones & Jones. The Mabinogion. New trans. replaced Guest as Everyman ed. | |
| 1953 | Gruffydd, Rhiannon. | |
| 1970s | Period approx. | Mabinogi characters as deities, Pagan/ Goddess trads. (Celtic myths) |
| 1974 | Bollard article on Mabinogi structure. New approach. | |
| 1976 | Gantz. The Mabinogion. New trans. Penguin ed. | |
| 1977 | Ford. Mabinogi and Other Welsh Tales. New trans. | |
| 1988 | Davie, S. Storytelling analysis, formulas. | |
| 1990 | Date for period. | Feminist analyses appear. |
| 1996 | Sullivan. Key anthology of essays. | |
| 1999 | Sept. 22 1999 | First online text (in English) on missgien.net |
| 2002 | Parker. Mabinogi trans. online. | |
| 2004 | Guest trans. online, incl. illust. Gutenberg. | |
| 2006 | Bollard. Mabinogi. New trans. with sites photography. | |
| 2006 | Koch, ed. Celtic Encyclopedia 5 vols. Many articles relevant. | |
| 2007 | Davies. S. The Mabinogion. New trans. | |
| 2007 | Otherworld. S4C TV. | |
| 2007 | Welsh Prose 1300 - 1425 MSS. texts online, searchable. | |
| 2008 | Eames. Full theatre production Mabinogi, Wales. | |
| 2013 | Morgain. The Mabinogi Bibliography online. | |
| 2013 | Rodway. Summarises info on dating. | |
| 2013 | Oct. 2013 -Mar 2014 | Welsh Icons United. Exhibition NLW of 4 key MSS. incl. Llyfr Gwyn, Llyfr Coch. |
| 1981 | 1981, 1983 | Moving Being, bi-lingual, open air theatre, Cardiff later Caernarfon. |