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Date(s)
- [16 cent., second ½] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
v, 171 ff. (original foliation 1-170; number 167 not used) ; 195 x 145 mm.
Binding, mid XIX cent., by Stamper; green morocco gilt, five raised bands with 'Caradoc. History of Wales. Autograph MS. by T. Powell.' in gold on spine; arms of the 4th duke of Newcastle stamped in gold on front cover.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Signature of Thomas Powell on f. 170 verso (cf. NLW Roll 11); signature of Charles Fairfax (1597-1673) on f. iii verso and 'Liber C Fairfax' on f. iv. Lot 1144 in the Clumber Sale, Sotheby's, 15 February 1938 (see also NLW MSS 11610D-11C, 11700E, 14699B-700A), and bought by the 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, whose armorial book-plate is inside front cover.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Sotheby's; London; Purchased at auction, lot 34; 14 December 1993.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A volume, [16 cent., second ½], probably in the hand of Thomas Powell (d. 1588), Parc y Drewen, Whittington, co. Salop, containing a much shortened text of Humphrey Lhuyd's English version of Brut y Tywysogion, upon which version David Powel based his Historie of Cambria, now called Wales ... (London, 1584) (see Brut y Tywysogion ..., ed. by Thomas Jones (Cardiff, 1952), pp. xiv-xviii). Omissions mainly involve passages relating to events outside Wales, church affairs and the papacy, anecdotes, explanations of Welsh personal and place-names, and the arguments against Polydore Vergil. Three other copies are known: BL, MS Cotton Caligula A VI; Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmolean Museum MS 847; and NLW, Llanstephan MS 177. Also included are a pedigree of the kings and princes of North Wales from Cadwaladr to Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (ff. iv-v verso), a painted coat of arms of Cadwaladr (f. 1), and an index of personal and place-names (ff. 168-70 verso). Six lines of English verse are added in a contemporary hand on f. 171 verso.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003).
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23202B
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Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568 (Subject)
- Powell, David, 1552?-1598 (Subject)
- Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, -1282 (Subject)
- Cadwaladr, Vendigaid, -664? (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
February 2009.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.