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Date(s)
- [late 14 cent.]-[15 cent.] / (Creation)
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Extent and medium
308 pp. : Parchment, rubricated throughout.
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Biographical history
Archival history
The manuscript bears the names, among others, of Foulke Owen (1687), Foulke Jones (1692), John Griffith [of Cae Cyriog] (1717) and Thomas Taylor Griffith (1829).
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Scope and content
A volume containing texts of (a) the fuller version of 'Ystoria Dared' (pp. 1-40), translated by Peter Roberts in The chronicle of the Kings of Britain, 1811, (b) the so-called 'Brut Tysilio' or 'compiled version' of Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'Historia Regum Britanniae' (pp. 41-198), also partly translated by Peter Roberts (op. cit.), and closely allied to the text of British Museum MS Cotton Cleopatra B.v., and (c) 'Brut y Saeson' to the year 1461 (pp. 199-308). Pp. 1-88 are in a late 14th century hand; the remaining pages are in the hand of Gutun Owain, the 15th century bard and herald associated with the abbey of Basingwerk. A note, dated 1630, by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt refers to the misplacement of many pedigrees, and another note, dated 1809, by Peter Roberts refers to the identification of the volume by William Maurice, Cefn-y-braich.
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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.
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
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Existence and location of copies
Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4401103 (April 2016).
Digital version available https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/manuscripts/the-middle-ages/black-book-of-basingwerk
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Publication note
See Acton Griscom: 'The Book of Basingwerk and MS. Cotton Cleopatra B.V.' in Y Cymmrodor, Vols. XXXV-XXXVI; Griscom: The Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth ..., 1929; and John Jay Parry: Brut y Brenhinedd, 1937.
Notes area
Note
Formerly Griffith of Cae Cyriog MS 1.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 7006D [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Place access points
Name access points
- Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154 (Subject)
- Maurice, William, -approximately 1680 (Subject)
- Vaughan, Robert, 1592-1667 (Subject)
- Gutun Owain, fl. 1450-1498 (Subject)
- Roberts, Peter, 1760-1819 (Subject)