Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [18 cent.]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Peniarth MS 242i Extent: 58 pp. : Dimensions: 192 x 140 to 195 x 142 mm.Peniarth MS 242ii Extent: 66pp. (foliated and paginated iii ff. + 60 pp.) : Dimensions: 190 x 150 to 193 x 150 mm.Rebound at NLW.Pp. 53-56 are fragmentary.Pp. 53-56 are fragmentary.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The manuscript is in two parts: The first part comprises poetry, and a list of Welsh poets and their dates. The second part comprises elegies to S. Griffith of Llŷn, who died in 1585, by several poets, and an elegy to his widow, who died in 1597, by Hugh Pennant.
The second part also includes the pedigrees of the kings of England out of Puffendorff from 802-1692.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
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.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), 1068.
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Notes area
Note
Formerly Hengwrt MSS 476 & 533.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 242 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].