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- 1585 (Creation)
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33 ff. (original foliation 6-32, 37-42) ; 213 x 168 mm.
'Boards' [RMWL]; rebound at NLW.
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Archival history
Other hands have added to the index. Added on f. 37 are good drawings, including human figures, [16-17 cent.]. On ff. 6 and 7, by the same hand, 'Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt' and 'Robert Vaughan’s Book 1747', also on ff. 9 and 10.
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Scope and content
An armorial of Welsh arms, 329 coats, painted, nine to the page, some shields left blank, with text in good italic, written in 1585 (f. 9). There are additional notes by several hands of [17 cent., first ½], including Peter Ellis, each note signed (ff. 15 recto-verso, 18, 19) and Robert Vaughan (f. 29); on f. 12 verso is a note citing 'R.D. of Gwissanye' [Robert Davies II]. From f. 24 are arms, some of them painted, added by other hands of [17 cent.]. On ff. 39-42 verso is an index by the original hand covering his entries up to f. 21 (including those for the wanting ff. 1-5).
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Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
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Language and script notes
English.
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Finding aids
J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language (London, 1898-1905), I, 923-924.
Description based on Daniel Huws, A Repertory of Manuscripts and Scribes c.800-c.1800 (Aberystwyth, 2022), I, 399-400.
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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/6095343 (October 2023)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Note
Formerly Hengwrt MS 364, and, previous to that, '234'.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 148 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Dates of creation revision deletion
July 2023.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description revised by Maredudd ap Huw.
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