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Date(s)
- 1483-1487 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
ii, 100 ff. (ff. i-ii, 99-100 are nineteenth-century paper flyleaves; ff. 1-2 of parchment, probably original flyleaves; f. 3 evidently a loose leaf of paper bound into the MS in the nineteenth century) : Parchment and paper ; 150 x 105 mm. and less (many of the parchment leaves smaller and never cropped; written space 105-120 x 65-80 mm.).
Bound in brown calf, with double blind fillets; lettered 'MISCELLANEOUS / COLLECTIONS / XV. CENT. / PORKINGTON MSS.', [19 cent.], probably by the same binder as Brogyntyn MS II.1, II.6, II.8.
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Archival history
Parchment strip between ff. 27 and 28 bearing critical comment in English on William of Malmesbury's view of Geoffrey of Monmouth, [15/16 cent.] (f. 28a); textual note, [15/16 cent.] (f. 42 verso); a mostly illegible note signed 'Tho. P[ ]', [16 cent, second ½] (f. 4). A list of Hebrew words and their Welsh equivalents (f. 3) is in the hand of John Edwards (d. 1625) of Chirk; that this was a stray loose leaf of paper which found its way into Brogyntyn II.9 by chance is suggested by the modern binder's number '2x' at its foot. Manuscripts of John Edwards which came to Brogyntyn are I.9 and I.10; the leaf could have strayed from one of these. 'Porkington MSS / near Oswestry' in the hand of Thomas Phillipps (f. 1). Listed as MS 25 in Phillipps's 1837 printed catalogue of Porkington MSS and as MS 22 in the revised versions of his catalogue (Brogyntyn MS I.23 and NLW MS 1197A) and in the Second Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (London, 1874).
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
A volume containing a Latin account of early British history in the form of a pedigree-chronicle from Aeneas and Julius Caesar to Yvor son of Cadwaladr and the Saxons, in the hand of Thomas Edenham (see ff. 4 verso, 7 and f. 41 verso ('Ednham' at foot of page)) at 'Berford' in 1483 (ff. 44 recto-verso, 67, 70, 79 verso, 80, 86 verso, 88 verso, 94 and 96 verso). Folios 4-19 verso were evidently written in 1487 (f. 18 verso). Thomas Edenham, O.F.M., was a native of Edenham, Lincolnshire (f. 7). The contents of ff. 31 verso-37 ('De ciuitate Lincolnie et eius preconiis') suggest that he remained within the diocese of Lincoln. The diocese offers several places called Barford (medieval 'Berford'): near Kettering, near Banbury and near Bedford; none has an obvious Franciscan connection.
Written by a single scribe in a secretary script with anglicana traits. Headings, paragraph marks, roundels and their connecting lines, foliation, underlining of proper names and most dates are in red.
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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.
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Language and script notes
Latin, English, Hebrew, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Many leaves damp-damaged but repaired, probably at time of rebinding; at least 35 leaves lost after f. 98.
Finding aids
A detailed list of the contents is available at https://archives.library.wales/external_documents/brogii9.pdf
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
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Formerly Porkington MS 23.
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[Produced in England.]
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Secundo folio: Sanctus Yvo (f. 5), -ficatum est (f. 21).
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Frame ruling. 20-31 lines, in long lines or in two columns.
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Collation: 1 (14) (ff. 4-19, ff. 17 and 18 inserted), 2 (18) (ff. 20-37), 3 (6) (ff. 38-43), 4 (8) (ff. 44-52, ff. 47 (an extra-wide leaf, folded back) and 53 are inserted), 5 (4) (ff. 54-6, wants 4), 6 (12) (ff. 57-68), 7 (appears to be three singletons), 8 (26) (ff. 72-98, wants 26, ff. 75-76 an added parchment bifolium on a guard). Quires 1, 2 and 8 have the inner bifolium and the two outer bifolia of parchment, the remainder of paper; quires 3, 4, 5 and 7 are entirely of parchment; quire 6 is entirely of paper. The parchment leaves of quires 5 and 7 do not form three matching pairs, once wrapped round quire 6, as the collation might suggest. Some quire signatures survive in quire 8. There is foliation 1-78, in arabic numerals by the scribe, on ff. 20-98, omitting in his foliation f. 47 (an added leaf) and ff. 55-56, and, evidently by mistake, failing to use the numbers 37 and 49. The only leaf in the earlier portion on which the scribe's foliation survives is f. 6, which is numbered 'vii'. This portion was written later than ff. 20-98; it contains within its text references forward to the arabic foliation, showing that the arabic foliation originally extended at least to 116 (see f. 9 verso); at least thirty-five leaves have been lost.
Note
Preferred citation: Brogyntyn MS II.9 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].