HERGEST, THE RED BOOK OF

HERGEST, THE RED BOOK OF
   an important volume of Welsh writings in MS., preserved at Oxford; it dates from the 14th century; was compiled at Hergest Court, and is the most valuable Welsh MS. extant.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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