Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [?1550x1800]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
532 pp. (foliated and paginated iii ff. + 520 pp. (also foliated 32-290 ff.) + 3 blank ff.) : paper ; 147 x 93 to 310 x 200 mm. Rebound at NLW.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A collection of texts relating to early British history; pedigrees; Bonedd y Saint; a list of Roman consuls; extracts, etc.
The manuscript is in several hands, including those of J. D. Rhys and Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt. The pages are not always in order as loose pages which had been separated have been joined together again during rebinding.
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
Welsh, Latin, England.
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), 1093-1095.
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 530.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 270 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].