Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1593-1636 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
90 ff. (paginated 1-179; old foliation 11-15, 26-83 on pp. 17-25, 49-163 passim) ; 300 x 100 mm.
Repaired and re-bound at NLW (previous vellum covers discarded, except for part of front cover now mounted on p. 167; 'Genealogies of Anglesey writ. A.D. 1593 and 1596. Beginns with ye Pedigree of Llewelin ap Hwlkin' (ink on p. 167)).
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A volume of genealogies of Anglesey families, mostly of the maternal descent. Also included are a cywydd by Ie[u]an Tew Brydydd, 'Kowydd i ofyn cyngor i'r llwynog' by Hugh Lloid (Cynfel) (pp. 156-157) and a poem in free metre, written in 1636.
Five fragments of parchment have been pasted in on pp. 171, 173, 175, 177 and 179.
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
- English
- Latin
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, some English and Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The Huw Llwyd Cynfel poem is indexed on-line in the Index to Welsh Poetry in Manuscript (MALDWYN): https://www.library.wales/index.php?id=12888
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
No. 4 in NLW, Schedule of Sotheby Collection (1931)
Note
Preferred citation: Sotheby MS C3.
Note
Previously C.3.
Note
Title based on contents.