Historia Regum Britanniae annotated by Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt
- NLW MS 24207B.
- File
- 1517, [?1620s]-[mid 17 cent.]
A printed copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth, Britannie vtriusq[ue] regu[m] et principum origo & gesta insignia ex antiquissimis Britannici sermonis monumentis in Latinum traducta, 2nd edn ([Paris]: Jodocus Badius Ascensius, 1517, Adams G445), containing marginal annotations and underlinings throughout, in Latin, Welsh and English, by Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt (ff. 1-99 verso passim).
The annotations are written in at least two different inks and occasionally in pencil. Vaughan's inscription 'Dauydd ap Mredydd Glais a ysgrifennodd historia brenhinedd y Bryttanied o Vruttus hyd Gadwaladr Vendiged pan oedd Crist 1444 ar llyfr membrwn sydd gyda Mr Jon: Jones o Ysgeifiog', [?1620s], on f. 100 verso refers to the manuscript now Peniarth MS 22 (see Daniel Huws, Repertory).
Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154