File NLW MS 3063E [RESTRICTED ACCESS] - The Holy Grail

Identity area

Reference code

NLW MS 3063E [RESTRICTED ACCESS]

Title

The Holy Grail

Date(s)

  • [late 15 cent.] (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

ii, 178 ff. : Parchment ; 325 x 220 mm.

Re-bound in whittawed pigskin at NLW, 1976. The remains of the previous nineteenth-century binding (white vellum over boards), probably the work of Edward Parry of Chester, along with a Gloddaeth library ticket and a note on the flyleaf Parry, are preserved separately.

Context area

Name of creator

Name of creator

Archival history

Previously in the Gloddaeth library.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

A transcript of the romance of the Holy Grail, with annotations in later hands.

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

Language of material

  • Welsh

Script of material

Language and script notes

Welsh.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Some 22 folios missing prior to re-binding (see Gwenogvryn Evans, p. 274).

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), pp. 274-276.

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 Mostyn MS 184.

Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 3063E [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004377766

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000377766

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Accession area

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Physical storage

  • Text: NLW MS 3063E [RESTRICTED ACCESS]; Some 22 folios missing prior to re-binding; Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies..
  • Microform: $h - MEICRO NLW MS 3063E