Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [XIV cent., second ½] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
206 ff. (foliated i, 1-6, 8-25, 65-75, 26-64, 76-138, 138a, 139-206; some leaves bound in incorrect order) : Parchment ; 195 x 130 mm.
Bound in white vellum; page edges stained red; 'GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH & CARADOC IN WELSH' IN GOLD ON LABEL ON SPINE).
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Name of creator
Archival history
'Gloddaeth Library' ticket; signature of 'Perys Mostyn' in a hand of the early sixteenth century, and 'Simonis Thelwalli Plaswardensis Armiger Liber, teste Guil. Mauricio Lansiliens. qui hunc totum ad suum exemplar examinavit 1660' (both on f. 23 verso).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Welsh texts of Dares Phrygius (ff. 1-23 verso), Brut y Brenhinedd (ff. 24-141 verso), and Brut y Tywysogion (ff. 142-206 verso), written in a hand of the second half of the fourteenth century.
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
Language of material
- Welsh
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Folio 7 missing.
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), pp. 56-62.
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 Mostyn MS 116.
Note
Date derived from Daniel Huws, Medieval Welsh Manuscripts (Cardiff & Aberystwyth, 2000), p. 60.
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 3035B [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Dares, Phrygius. (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English