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- 1574-[1587] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
167 ff. (paginated i-vi, 1-328) ; 205 x 140 mm.
Bound in white vellum; page edges stained red; 'GWAITH YR HENFEIRDD CYMREIG' (in gold on label on spine).
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Biographical history
Archival history
'Richard Moston thonger oweth this booke or pie y lyver yma' (pp. 5, 32); 'Richard Mostyn a sgrivenoth hwn oed yr argh 1574' (pp. 71, 100); 'R.M. pie r llyver yma A.D. 1574' (p. 102); 'Gregorie Mostyn' (pp. 249, 266); 'Gloddaeth Library' ticket.
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Scope and content
A composite manuscript in several hands comprising poetry; proverbs; proverbial triads; etc.; part of the text seems to be in the hand of Richard Mostyn and to have been written in 1574. The whole might be Mostyn's common-place book, in which others occasionally wrote during his life and afterwards.
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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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Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
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Finding aids
The poems in this volume are indexed on-line in the Index to Welsh Poetry in Manuscript (MALDWYN): https://www.library.wales/index.php?id=12888
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Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Note
Formerly Mostyn MS 129.
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Title based on contents.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 3037B [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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- English