Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [c. 1716] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
497 pp. (foliated and paginated 7 ff. + 483 pp.) : paper ; 232 x 166 to 172 mm.
Rebound at NLW.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A collection of poetry of numerous poets of the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
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.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The edges at the beginning and end of the manuscript are severely damaged, resulting in some loss of text. The first seven folios and pp. 482-3 are fragmentary.
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), 1068.
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 196.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 245 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].