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Title
Date(s)
- [1557x1602] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
204 pp.
Half bound.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
A manuscript in three hands containing a treatise on arms addressed to Morgan Elfael (fl. c. 1528-1541) from Hywel ap Syr Mathew (d. 1581); also poetry, etc. Pp. 1-165 are in the autograph of Hywel ap Syr Mathew and were written in 1557 (cf. the writing in Peniarth MS 138 and Cardiff MS 51); pp. 167-194 are in a second hand and written about 1598; pp. 195-204 are in a third hand and were written about 1600. The poets whose works are cited include Dafydd ab Edmwnt, Siôn Cent, Gruffudd Hiraethog and Iolo Goch. The volume also contains medical recipes (pp. 166-170) and a chronicle of the reign of British rulers (p. 198).
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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
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The top corners are decayed throughout, and the outer margins of pp. 167-204 are more or less imperfect from damp or decay.
Finding aids
J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), pp. 515-516.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Notes area
Note
Formerly Shirburn MS C. 10.
Note
Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 46 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Name access points
- Hywel ap Syr Mathew, d. 1581 (Subject)
- Morgan Elfael, fl. ca. 1528-1541 (Subject)