Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [c. 1609], [1612x1666] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Peniarth MS 254i: 4 ff. ; 239 x 164 mm.
Peniarth MS 254ii: 24 pp. ; 302 x 194 mm.
Peniarth MS 254iii: 60 pp. ; 293 x 201 mm.
Peniarth MS 254iv: 4 pp. ; 306 x 206 mm.
Bound in one volume at NLW.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The beginning of the story of the Grail (in Welsh) in the hand of Robert Vaughan. The remainder of the manuscript is written c. 1609 mostly in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy and comprises: sections on Persian history in English and Old French; various texts and fragments written on the backs and margins of letters and other documents and sewn together, including Breuddwyd Pawl, Breuddwyd Iorwerth and medical recipes; letters addressed to the Lord President of the Marches of Wales; and a Latin theological treatise.
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
Welsh, English, Old French, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The last few pages of the third part of the manuscript are fragmentary.
Finding aids
A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), 1071-1072; a 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), p. 26.
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
Notes area
Note
Formerly Hengwrt MS 545.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 254 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].