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- [mid-15 cent.], [late 16 cent.] (Creation)
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89 ff. (foliated iv ff. + 85 ff. (folios 11, 12 and 69 are only stumps and were missed out by an earlier foliation which runs from folios 13-82 as 11-78 ff.)) : vellum ; 122 x 95 mm. In old binding.
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A version of the Laws of Hywel Dda compiled by Lewys Ysgolhaig and dating from the mid 15th century.
There are also fragments of farming accounts at the beginning and end of the manuscript, one of which is dated August 1586.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (Peniarth MS 39A). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 4441136. Date: 20020230. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (Peniarth MS 39A) : Front and back end papers damaged, one folio missing at back of volume. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (Peniarth MS 39A). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 4441136. Date: 20030916. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: D. Williams. Status: Manuscript Volume (Peniarth MS 39A) : Repaired and secured end papers, repaired f7 with vellum. Institution: WlAbNL.
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Welsh.
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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), 373-374.
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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4780222 (viewed September 2018)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Hengwrt MS 38, and formerly numbered '7'.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 39 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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