Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [c. 1864] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
24 ff. ; 220 x 185 mm.
Paper covers, bound in case at NLW.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
'Islwyn's MSS bought at the sale of Mrs Jenkins's, Ynysddu. Islwyn's sister' (inside front cover).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Dylans Bookstore; Swansea; Purchase (with NLW MS 23704C and Papurau'r Parchedig E. R. Williams, Patagonia); November 1997; B1997/43.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A copy-book, [c. 1864], in the hand of William Thomas (Islwyn), containing adjudications in Welsh on four poetical competitions at an unspecified eisteddfod (ff. 3 verso-24 verso), including writing an epic elegy for John Robert Pryse (Golyddan) (ff. 3 verso-6).
There are also notes on epic poems (f. 1 recto-verso).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Part of f. 24 torn out.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Text
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23703B.
Alternative identifier(s)
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CAIRS System Control Number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Islwyn, 1832-1878 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. (Subject)
- Jenkyns, Mary, former owner. (Subject)
- Golyddan, 1840-1862 (Subject)
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;