Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [1650x1899]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Context area
Archival history
The volume bears the names of Thomas Owen, Summerhill [Rock, Haverfordwest], William Owen, Gwryd Bach, St. Davids, W. J. Owen, Summerhill, 1879, Thomas Owen, Gwryd Bach, 1825 ('Twas in this howse my mother Grand father saw this Book'), and Enoch Owen.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
An imperfect manuscript of the second half of the seventeenth century containing medical and culinary recipes based partly on printed sources (e. g., John Gerard: The Herball . . ., 1597), together with a few eighteenth century additions including recipes, stanzas of a Welsh hymn, and musical scores.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 11896D.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Gerard, John, 1545-1612. (Subject)
Genre access points
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
November 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971);