Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [15 cent.]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
176 ff. (foliated iii ff. + 171 ff. (folios 1-170 also paginated 1-340 pp.) + 2 blank ff.) : part vellum ; 159 x 149 to 210 x 151 mm. Rebound at NLW.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Treatises and notes on the signs of the zodiac, the four elements, the planets, the sphere, geomancy, the astrolabe, astrology, etc.
Part of the manuscript is written in cryptic writing.
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
Latin, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part I (Aberystwyth, 1940-3), 4 and in Prof. Edward Bensley, Catalogue of Peniarth Manuscripts which are Wholly or Partly in Latin (NLW), 58.
Generated finding aid
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
Formerly Hengwrt MS 219.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 359 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].