Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [13 cent., third ¼]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Paginated 1-217, 1-178 : Vellum. Strongly bound in old green morocco, with the edges gilt.
Context area
Archival history
Bears the inscription 'De la Bibliothéque de la Chevaliere D'Eon'.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A manuscript containing a book of briefs (in Norman French) (p. 126); Glanville's Treatise on the Laws and Customs of England (pp. 179-217); and a copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britannorum (pp. 1-178).
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
Latin, Norman French.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), p. 768.
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 Phillipps MS 9162.
Note
Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 176 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].