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Date(s)
- [1751x1787] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
i, 149 ff. (ff. 148-149 verso blank) ; 205 x 160 mm.
Leather over boards; 'Notae on Nennius Vol. 6' (ink on spine); bookplate of Evan Evans inside front cover.
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Scope and content
A composite volume, in the hand of Evan Evans, containing notes on Nennius and Gildas, which include twelve triads in Welsh, copies of letters to Archbishop Ussher from Robert Vaughan, Edward Brownker and Gerard Langbaine, together with extracts from a letter from Archbishop Ussher to William Camden (ff. 1-89); pedigrees of rulers and saints (ff. 92-121, 124-132), with copious notes regarding the sources of the texts; poetry by Guto'r Glyn (f. 122); a copy of a charter of Rhos Fynach, Conwy (ff. 145- 147); etc.
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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
- English
- Latin
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Latin, Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Historical Manuscripts Commission, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, ed. by J. Gwenogvryn Evans, 2 vols (London: HMSO, 1898-1910), II (1905), 858-859.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Notes area
Note
Formerly Panton MS 52 (ii).
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2020iiB.
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Title based on contents.
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Name access points
- Llannerch Estate (St Asaph, Wales) -- Library (Subject)
- Nennius, fl. 796 (Subject)
- Gildas, 516?-570? (Subject)
- Ussher, James, 1581-1656. (Subject)
- Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, d. 1240 (Subject)
- Vaughan, Robert, 1592-1667 (Subject)
- Brownker, Edward (Subject)
- Langbaine, Gerard, 1609-1658. (Subject)
- Camden, William, 1551-1623 (Subject)
- Guto'r Glyn, active 1430-1468 (Subject)