File Llanstephan MS 121 [RESTRICTED ACCESS]. - Welsh Laws and 'Elucidations',

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Llanstephan MS 121 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

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Welsh Laws and 'Elucidations',

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  • [1605x1619] / (Creation)

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552 pp.Bound in leather.Owing to the ink used having some corrosive mixed with it the paper is in a brittle state, with holes in many places where large initials occur.Owing to the ink used having some corrosive mixed with it the paper is in a brittle state, with holes in many places where large initials occur.

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A manuscript containing Welsh laws (pp. 1-96) and the 'Elucidations' (pp. 97-535), written in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy prior to 25 September 1619 (see pp. 67, 535). Where the text is imperfect Moses Williams has written its contents in the margins.
The text of pp. 1-96 of this manuscript corresponds with that of Peniarth MS 29, pp. 1-51, while the remainder may be a copy of Peniarth MS 278. The original of pp. 97-535 was either imperfect or frequently illegible as dots indicating lacunae are frequent. Much of the matter of this second part is the same as the 'Elucidations' in Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales, Vol. ii, Book XIV. The text ends abruptly at the beginning of the sixth line on p. 535.

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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.

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Welsh.

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Finding aids

J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), p. 609.

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Available on microfilm at the Library.

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Formerly Shirburn MS D. 24.

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Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 121 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

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vtls006085674

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • Microform: $h - MEICRO LLANSTEPHAN MS 121.
  • Text: Llanstephan MS 121 [RESTRICTED ACCESS]; $q - Owing to the ink used having some corrosive mixed with it the paper is in a brittle state, with holes in many places where large initials occur.; $z - Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies..