Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [18 cent.]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
259 pp. (foliated and paginated ii ff. + 255 pp.) : paper ; 394 x 152 to 155 mm. Bound in leather.
Context area
Archival history
Gruffudd Roberts acquired the manuscript after 'Humphrey Edwards y Siopwr'.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Poetry of various poets of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries copied mostly by the Reverend David Ellis.
At the beginning of the manuscript there are seven poems of Rice Jones.
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.
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), 1026.
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 185.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 197 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].