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Title
Date(s)
- [1587x1644] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
146 ff.
Boards.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Inscribed 'Johannes Bulkeley est verus possesor hujus libri A.D. 1703' (see folios on which 'Gwaeddan', 'Gwif', 'Gwydd', 'Lleidr' and 'Olwyn' occur); according to a note placed in the manuscript, there was a family of Bulkeleys at Dinas Mawddwy, not far from Mallwyd. The names of Thomas Edwards and Richard Owen occur frequently in the manuscript, with the date 1713. The manuscript belonged to Robert Saunderson, printer at Bala, in 1825.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A manuscript containing the second volume of Dr John Davies's Welsh-Latin Dictionary, in the autograph of Dr Davies. The manuscript appears to be a transcript of Sir Thomas Wiliems's Welsh-Latin Dictionary. This text contains more and fuller quotations than the printed edition of 1632.
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, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Some folios are partially clipped, some are frayed at the bottom outer corners, and at least three leaves are torn out. The manuscript wants the beginning and end.
Finding aids
J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), pp. 778-779.
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
Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 194 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Wiliems, Thomas, 1545 or 1546-1622? (Subject)