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Title
Date(s)
- [15 cent.]. (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
249 pp. (foliated and paginated iii ff. + 1-16 pp. + 2 blank ff. + 3-213 pp. + 6 blank ff.) ; 286 x 196 to 202 mm. Rebound at NLW. The old covers are included in the manuscript.
Context area
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
An incomplete text of the 'Brute Chronicle' from Brutus to the reign of Henry V.
The first eight folios, containing the 'prologue of Albion' and the beginning of the story of Brutus, are in an earlier hand than the remainder of the manuscript.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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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.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part I (Aberystwyth, 1940-3), 9.
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
Formery Hengwrt MS 429.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 396 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422. (Subject)
- Brutus the Trojan (Legendary character) (Subject)