Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1623-1624. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Peniarth MS 309i Extent: 1378 pp. (foliated and paginated iii ff. + 1366 pp. + 3 blank ff.) : Dimensions: 301 to 304 x 190 to 200 mm. Peniarth MS 309ii Extent: 876 pp. (foliated and paginated iii ff. + 864 pp. + 3 ff.) : Dimensions: 301 to 304 x 190 to 200 mm. Re-bound at NLW.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The manuscript is in two parts and comprises a Welsh dictionary, including words glossed in Latin or Welsh, and a vocabulary in which words are arranged by their roots, in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, written between December 1623 and April 1624.
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), 1112-1113.
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 277i & ii. Part i was formerly numbered 1, 88 and XCII; part ii was formerly numbered XCIII.
Note
Peniarth MSS 291-4, 296-306, 309-10 all originally bore the same name/number of Hengwrt MS 277.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 309 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].