Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [18 cent., first ½] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
30 ff. (paginated 1-59, blank from p. 50) ; 155 x 90 mm, slightly cropped.
Probably originally bound in limp covers (remains of green silk ribbon tie before p. 1); rebound, [?mid-18 cent.], in gold-tooled calf over boards with gilded edges and Dutch marble endpapers; label of Porkington Library inside front cover.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A volume, compiled in the first half of the eighteenth century by a single, unidentified hand, containing poems of a satirical, political, occasional and erotic nature, some of them connected with members of the Brogyntyn and related families. The poems also include English versions of Welsh penillion and englynion, with many gaps left for the Welsh texts.
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
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Many leaves removed throughout, including a flyleaf and at least one complete gathering before p. 1 and another before p. 45, but with no apparent loss of text; the leaves excised were mostly printed.
Finding aids
A detailed list of the contents is available at https://archives.library.wales/external_documents/brogi28.pdf
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
Publication note
E. D. Jones, 'The Brogyntyn Welsh manuscripts', National Library of Wales Journal, 8 (1953-4), 1-32 (pp. 15-17).
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: Brogyntyn MS I.28 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].