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Date(s)
- [1601x1666]. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
267 pp. (foliated and paginated ix ff. + xlix pp. + 185 pp. + xiii-xxvii pp.) : paper ; 296 x 184 mm. Bound in calf.
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Scope and content
Transcripts of the Life of St Cadog (from Peniarth MS 385) and of the Liber Landavensis (according to Gwenogvryn Evans, taken from a manuscript at Gwysaney and, according to Bensley, from a manuscript formerly of Llandaff and then in the possession of Philip Bryan Davies-Cooke) in the hand of Robert Vaughan.
There are also a number of letters and other papers loose or pasted into the manuscript; these are described in detail by Bensley (see below). Peniarth MS 275 contains a copy of this manuscript made by Robert Vaughan.
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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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Script of material
Language and script notes
Latin, English.
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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), 1097; a description of the manuscript and its Latin text can also be found in Prof. Edward Bensley, Catalogue of Peniarth Manuscripts which are Wholly or Partly in Latin (NLW), p. 31-33.
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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 Hengwrt MS 157.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 275 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].