Knightly legends of Wales
or, The boy's Mabinogion, being the earliest Welsh tales of King Arthur in the famous red book of Hergest
Also known as The boy's Mabinogion
by Sidney Lanier & Alfred Fredericks
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: FictionJuvenileManuscriptPrimary source
Twelve episodes from the Mabinogion part of the fourteenth century manuscript entitled The red book of Hergest, a collection of medieval Welsh tales recounting the feats and exploits of King Arthur and other powerful kings, princes, and knights
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore”, “Legends”, and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Legends” in the title, “Tales” in the subtitle, “Tales” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).
- “Legends”· via Internet Archive
- “Tales”· via Internet Archive
- “Folklore”· via Open Library
- “Legends”· via Open Library
- “Tales”· via Open Library
- “Legends”· in title
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Editions
Open Library reports 16 editions; 3 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The boy's Mabinogion Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1881-01-01T00:00:00Z | New York : Scribner | English | — | Public digitized item | |
or, The boy's Mabinogion, being the earliest Welsh tales of King Arthur in the famous Red book of Hergest Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1884-01-01T00:00:00Z | New York : Scribner's sons | English | — | Public digitized item | |
Knightly legends of Wales, or, The boy's Mabinogion | 1932 | Scribner | English | — | Public |
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Identifiers & provenance
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- Open Library work
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- Internet Archiveknightlylegendso00lani (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL1227872W (opens in a new tab)
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: New York Public Library
- Digitization sponsor: MSN
- Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
- Open Library reports 16 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Scanner: nycs10
- Scanner: nycs6
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL1227872W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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