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- [mid-16 cent.] (Creation)
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vii, 26 ff. (paginated 1-52) ; 203 x 140 mm. Paper end-leaves, with worm-holes, from the old and probably original binding, are bound in (ff. iii-vi and unnumbered) at the end.
Bound in leather, interleaved, [19 cent.].
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Archival history
Signatures of ‘John Lewys’ [John Lewis of Llynwene] (p. 15); a few notes on the text are in his hand (e.g. pp. 35, 38, 41); signature of Grace Jones, [17 cent.] (p. 1).
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Scope and content
Pedigrees, mainly south Welsh or of Welsh historic figures, in the hand of Thomas Gruffydd, with a few short prose texts, also in his hand, including 'Enwau y milwyr' (p. 38), 'Marchogion y vort gron' [see National Library of Wales Journal, 14 (1965-6), 242-5] (p. 39) and 'Arfau y kwnkwerwyr a vyant ymorganwc' [the earliest known text, printed from here in M.P. Siddons, The Development of Welsh Heraldry, 4 vols. (Aberystwyth, 1991-2006), I, pp. 376-9] (p. 46).
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Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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Language and script notes
Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Damaged and very frail, with lacunae; pp. 1-3 are blackened by gall.
Finding aids
A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language (London, 1898-1905), I, 901-902.
Description based on Daniel Huws, A Repertory of Manuscripts and Scribes c.800-c.1800 (Aberystwyth, 2022), I, 398.
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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/6095261 (October 2023)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Note
Formerly Hengwrt MS 458.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 143 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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July 2023.
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Archivist's note
Description revised by Maredudd ap Huw.
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