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Date(s)
- 1678 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
ii, 183 ff. (paginated 1-366; pp. 41-50, 58-344, 355-366 blank) ; 290 x 170 mm.
Russia leather with gold fillets and gold tooling.
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Name of creator
Name of creator
Archival history
Signature of 'Robt. Wynne' (p. 1).
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
A volume containing a treatise on arms, copied in 1678 'allan or Llifr a fenthyciais i gan Sion Mathews o Ruabon'. It includes the arms of Arthur and other figures from Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia from Brutus onward, arranged alphabetically and mixed up with historical personages; there are 178 entries in all (pp. 3-25). This is followed by tracts including 'Bonedd y Gwyr Gore' (pp. 25-28), and a letter from Thomas Maurice to Dr John Davies of Mallwyd (pp. 345-354).
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Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Language of material
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh.
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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), pp. 212-213.
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Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Notes area
Note
Formerly Mostyn MS 149.
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Title based on contents.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 3052D [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Name access points
- Matthews, Sion. (Subject)
- Maurice, Thomas, fl. 1600. (Subject)
- Davies, John, 1567-1644 (Subject)
- Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154 (Subject)
- Arthur, King (Subject)
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- English