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Cardiff MS 2.87.
Title
Armorial,
Date(s)
- c. 1690. (Creation)
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153 ff., blank from f. 98. Crudely bound in calf tooled with blind-roll.
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Inside cover, 'MS 279', XIX cent.; on f. 2 '145' in black ink.
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'Rudiments of Heraldry or the Blazon of Gentreyes Arms of severall Counties by John Penn copied and enlarged by Morris Evans of Llanvillinge', an armorial arranged by county, surnames in alphabetical order, for Shropshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Leicestershire, Cheshire, Warwickshire and Lincolnshire. On ff. 96-97, 'Chance cooats', dated 1693. All in the hand of Morris Evans. On ff. 2-9 is Latin verse by Richard Cooper whose name with dates 1686 and 1700 appears on ff. 14 and 2.
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English, some Latin.
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Formerly Phillipps 18461.
Note
Preferred citation: Cardiff MS 2.87.
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vtls006064733
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales