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Title
Date(s)
- [1501x1574]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
78 ff. (foliated iii ff. + 75 ff.) : paper ; 205 to 209 x 152 mm. Rebound at NLW.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A Welsh dictionary, including quotations mainly from poets explaining the use and meaning of words, mostly in the hand of Gruffudd Hiraethog, but with quotations added by others as well.
Two leaves of the vellum covers include Latin texts.
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.
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), 1058-1059; 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. 22.
Generated finding aid
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 122, and previously numbered 3, 92 and LVIII.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 230 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].