Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [mid 16 cent. - 18 cent.]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
742 pp. : paper ; 302 x 200 mm. Bound in rough leather.
Context area
Archival history
The manuscript belonged at one point to Edward Lhwyd. It later became part of the Sebright collection and was then bought into the Hengwrt collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A manuscript written in several hands comprising poetry of Siôn Cent and others; the text of Meddygon Myddfai; a catalogue of the Hengwrt manuscripts; letters of Robert Joseph, monk of the Abbey at Evesham, in Latin; measures of land in Caernarvonshire; and other texts.
A list of Robert Joseph's correspondents can be found in Bensley's Catalogue (see below for details).
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, English, Latin.
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), 726-730. A description of the manuscript and its Latin text can also be found in Professor Edward Bensley, Catalogue of Peniarth Manuscripts which are Wholly or Partly in Latin (NLW), 7-9.
Generated finding aid
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 Hengwrt MS 351.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 119 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].