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Title
Date(s)
- 1773-1774 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
i, 122 ff. ; 210 x 165 mm.
Quarter leather and marbled paper over boards.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
A manuscript in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing transcripts of the Laws of Hywel Dda from an unidentified manuscript (ff. 1-9) and from the White Book of Hergest (ff. 63-67); a transcript of a commonplace book, temp. James I, the contents of antiquarian interest, being mostly concerned with Druidism and early British history (ff. 25-49); a list of the contents of the White Book of Hergest (f. 68) and transcripts of parts of it (ff. 69-74); a list of the hundreds, commotes and parishes of Wales (ff. 87-110); and various other extracts, etc.
For the text beginning at f. 75 see Peniarth MS 267, pp. 83, 86, 115; for the text beginning at f. 84 see op. cit., p. 26; for the text beginning at f. 86 verso see op. cit.; for the text beginning at f. 111 see op. cit., pp. 53-76.
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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, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Historical Manuscripts Commission, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, ed. by J. Gwenogvryn Evans, 2 vols (London: HMSO, 1898-1910), II (1905), 824-825.
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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 Panton MS 17.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 1986B.
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Title based on contents.
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Virtua system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Hywel, King of Wales, -950 (Subject)