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- [1615x1667] / (Creation)
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166 pp. (foliated and paginated iv ff. + 152 pp. + vii-xii pp.) ; 265 to 268 x 158 to 161 mm. Rebound at NLW.
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Transcripts by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt of the Vitae duorum Offarum of Matthew Paris (the concluding paragraph only of the first Offa), and of a history of Wales entitled 'liber primum de Cambriae regimine bellico, sub Principibus Britannico sanguine aeditis'.
The latter is an incomplete copy of the first book of a projected treatise in three books.
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
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Language and script notes
Latin.
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Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part I (Aberystwyth, 1940-3), 9; a brief description of the manuscript and its Latin text can also be found in Prof. Edward Bensley, Catalogue of Peniarth Manuscripts which are Wholly or Partly in Latin (NLW), 76.
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Note
Formerly Hengwrt MS 94.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 400 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Name access points
- Paris, Matthew, 1200-1259. (Subject)
- Vaughan, Robert, 1592-1667 (Subject)