Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [16 cent.], 1878. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
234 pp. (paginated iv pp. + 224 pp. + v-viii pp.) + 1 loose f. (132 b, c)) : paper ; 204 x 153 to 155 mm. Blue morocco.
Context area
Archival history
The signature of 'Tho: Rogers' occurs on p. 216.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Texts giving an account of ancient tribes and divisions and of contemporary counties, and including quotes from ancient itineraries and authorities.
On p. iv is the following description: 'Typographical notes from Camden's Britannia in the autograph of Robert Vaughan...amongst them the inscription formerly at Caergai'. On a separate slip is the Latin inscription here mentioned, together with a letter concerning the inscription from Sir John Rhys dated 17th January 1878.
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
English, Latin.
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), 1060; a description of the manuscript and its Latin text can also be found in Prof. Edward Bensley, Catalogue of Peniarth Manuscripts which are Wholly or Partly in Latin (NLW), p. 24.
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Formerly Hengwrt MS 245, and formerly numbered 12.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 232 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].