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Show iWelih Exhibit Oldest of Laws 5 Cardiff, Wales. The National g g Library of Wales is exhibiting 5 g an unrivaled collection of man a- S x script! of the Laws of Hywei 5 3 Dda, one ol the greatest of g 5 medieval Welshmen, who 1,000 5 3 years ago peacefully nnlted 5 5 Wales and codified the laws and 5 customs of Its people. 5 S The oldest existing manuscript g x of the laws was written on vel- X P lum some time about A. D. 1175- g X 1200, In Latin, and Is Illustrated 5 $ throughout by crude but graphic S X colored drawings depicting the 5 5 king and his chief officers the g ft Judge, the chief groom, the cook g g and others. X 5 A little later, about A. D. g 1200, comes the oldest manu- g 5 script of the laws In the Welsh g S language, known as the Llyvyr g 5 Du or Weun, or the Black Book g 5 of Chirk. This, too, is of vel- ft g lum and Is copied from an older S 5 Welsh manuscript no longer ex- 5 g tant g |