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Title
Date(s)
- [1589-1590]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
251 ff. (foliated iii ff. + 245 ff. + 3 blank ff.) : paper ; 198 x 146 mm. Rebound at NLW.
Context area
Archival history
The following names occur: Lewis Owen A.M., Waenfach (inside front cover); Thomas Wynn (outside end cover).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A manuscript in the hand of Roger Morys, Coed Talwrn, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd comprising John Powys's Wonders of the Island of Britain; the Statue of Griffith ap Cynan; a British History compiled by Roger Morys; and Hywel ap Syr Mathew's English History.
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.
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), 960-962.
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 437.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 168 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].