Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [16 cent., first ½]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
156 pp.Half bound, labelled 'Transcript from the Red Book of Hergest'.The leaves are discoloured by damp; the beginning and end of the text is wanting.The leaves are discoloured by damp; the beginning and end of the text is wanting.
Context area
Archival history
'Thomas Gryffydd' and others have written in the margins.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A manuscript containing Brut y Tywysogion taken from the Red Book of Hergest.
The contents are in the same hand as that of Llanstephan MS 62 and their texts are in agreement in the passages tested.
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
Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), p. 556.
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 Shirburn MS E. 59.
Note
Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 61 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].