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- [15 cent., last ΒΌ] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
18 ff. (twentieth-century foliation) ; c. 235 x 175 mm. (written space 210 x 130 mm.; in folio format, heavily and crudely cropped)
Bound in buckram at NLW, after 1994; previously disbound. Originally sewn on three bands, sewing thread remained in 1994. Stab holes in the inner margin, also with thread remaining in them (in 1994).
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Archival history
Probably of West Midlands or Welsh origin (mon, londe). Notes by a reader, in Welsh, [16 cent.] (ff. 2, 4, 6). Pentrials on f. 18 verso, [?17 cent.]. Not listed in any Brogyntyn catalogue before its arrival in NLW.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
A fragment of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Brut in English, containing most of the life of Arthur, including the prophecies of Merlin, written in anglicana by one hand of the late fifteenth century. Two-line blue initials for chapters; headings, paragraph marks and underlinings in red.
For the text of the manuscript see Brogyntyn Manuscript No. 8, trans. and transcribed by Rosalynn Voaden, introduction by Felicity Riddy (Moreton-in-Marsh: Porkington Press, 1991). For a full text of the Brut, see The Brut; or, The Chronicles of England, ed. by Friedrich W. D. Brie, 2 vols, Early English Texts Society, o.s., 131 and 136 (London, 1906, 1908). Our manuscript begins at the end of Brie's chapter 73 and continues to his chapter 101; his chapter 101 is in ours, followed on f. 18 verso by the beginning of a chapter on Cadwallader which is not in Brie (on the Cadwallader chapter see C. W. Marx, pp. 377-380, and Riddy, p. [vi]).
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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
Middle English, some Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Part of f. 1, including text, is worn away.
Finding aids
William Marx, Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru), Aberystwyth, The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlist 14 (Cambridge, 1999), p. 19.
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
Published in facsimile in Brogyntyn Manuscript No. 8, trans. and transcribed by Rosalynn Voaden, introduction by Felicity Riddy (Moreton-in-Marsh, 1991).
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Publication note
Brogyntyn Manuscript No. 8, trans. and transcribed by Rosalynn Voaden, introduction by Felicity Riddy (Moreton-in-Marsh, 1991).
Publication note
C. W. Marx, 'Middle English manuscripts of the Brut in the National Library of Wales', National Library of Wales Journal, 27 (1991-2), 361-382 (pp. 376-377).
Notes area
Note
Uniform title: Historia regum Britanniae. [English]
Note
[Produced in the West Midlands of England, or Wales.]
Note
Secundo folio: iii habitacions.
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Frame ruling 29-31 long lines.
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A single quire of eighteen.
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Ox-head watermark.
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Title based on contents.
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Preferred citation: Brogyntyn MS I.8 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Name access points
- Arthur, King. (Subject)
- Merlin (Legendary character) -- Prophecies. (Subject)