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Title
Date(s)
- [early 17 cent.]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
70 pp. Half bound.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A manuscript, beautifully written in part, containing an abridged copy of Brut y Tywysogion to the year 1101 (pp. 1-36), with marginal commentary in English and a brief account of Hywel Dda's Laws interpolated in the text after the year 913; an account of King Arthur's knights, especially Owain ab Eirien [Urien] (pp. 37-62); and an account of the life of Sylvester, who was pope in the time of the Emperor Constantine (pp. 63-69).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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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
J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), pp. 554-555.
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 Shirburn MS E. 6.
Note
Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 58 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Virtua system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Owain ab Urien, 6th century (Subject)
- Arthur, King (Subject)
- Sylvester I, Pope, -335 (Subject)
- Hywel, King of Wales, -950 (Subject)