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- 1517, [?1620s]-[mid 17 cent.] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
100 ff. (original foliation II-VII, IX-CI on ff. 1-99) ; 185 x 130 mm.
Contemporary binding, leather over pasteboards with gold and blind fillets, oval medallions on both covers, remains of paper label on upper spine and remains of green ribbon ties.
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Archival history
Recorded by Richard Llwyd (Bard of Snowdon) in his catalogue of Hengwrt books and manuscripts as No. 12, 'A fragment of British history – Latin 1517', in the section on 'Old books that deserve rebinding' (NLW Peniarth MS 533, p. 41). Listed as No. 143 in the catalogue 'Fragmenta Librorum Saeculi XVI', issued by Antiquariat Konrad Meuschel of Bad Honnef am Rhein in 1993; purchased by Wolfgang von Stromer for his wife, Natalie von Stromer (née Fryde) [see NLW, Papurau Daniel Huws].
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Dr Daniel Huws; Aberystwyth; Donation; January 2024; 995070400902419.
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Scope and content
A printed copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth, Britannie vtriusq[ue] regu[m] et principum origo & gesta insignia ex antiquissimis Britannici sermonis monumentis in Latinum traducta, 2nd edn ([Paris]: Jodocus Badius Ascensius, 1517, Adams G445), containing marginal annotations and underlinings throughout, in Latin, Welsh and English, by Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt (ff. 1-99 verso passim).
The annotations are written in at least two different inks and occasionally in pencil. Vaughan's inscription 'Dauydd ap Mredydd Glais a ysgrifennodd historia brenhinedd y Bryttanied o Vruttus hyd Gadwaladr Vendiged pan oedd Crist 1444 ar llyfr membrwn sydd gyda Mr Jon: Jones o Ysgeifiog', [?1620s], on f. 100 verso refers to the manuscript now Peniarth MS 22 (see Daniel Huws, Repertory).
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Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Latin
- Welsh
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Language and script notes
Latin, Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Covers damaged and rubbed; Fo. I (before f. 1) and Fo. VIII (between ff. 6 and 7) missing, together with the title page, index and other prefatory material (8 ff. before f. 1); ff. 15, 22, 87, 94 detached, with other leaves, including ff. 1, 6, 55, 62, becoming loose; some leaves affected by damp.
Finding aids
The volume is mentioned by Daniel Huws in his Repertory, sub. Peniarth MS 22, in connection with the inscription on f. 100 verso.
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Note
Varying form of title: Britannie vtriusq[ue] regu[m]...
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Note
'Geoffroy of Monmouth' in pencil, [?19 cent.], along with other illegible markings, inside front cover; '4o' and '2605' in pencil on f. 1; 'Thomas Aquinas' in ink inside back cover, [17 cent.].
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- Dafydd ap Maredudd Glais (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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March 2025.
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Jones.