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- 1488-1489 (Creation)
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55 ff. (paginated i-vi, 1-104; blank from p. 88) : Parchment ; 235 x 165 mm.
Bound in white vellum; 'HEN ALMANAC CYMREIG &c' (label on spine).
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'Gloddaeth Library 77' (bookplate inside front cover); 'Th[omas] Mostyn, 1744, No. 77' (bookplate on p. 4).
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Scope and content
A calendar, a treatise on urine, a Life of St Martin, and a brief history from Adam to "Asclopitotus", in the autograph of Gutyn Owain, written in 1488 (p. 62) and 1489 (p. 10).
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Welsh, some English.
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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. 16-18.
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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4393492 (June 2016).
Digital version available https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/manuscripts/the-middle-ages/a-gutun-owain-manuscript
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Publication note
Morfydd E. Owen, 'Prolegomena i astudiaeth lawn o lsgr. NLW 3026C, Mostyn 88 a'i harwyddocâd' in Cyfoeth y Testun: Ysgrifau ar Lenyddiaeth Gymraeg yr Oesoedd Canol, ed. by Iestyn Daniel, Marged Haycock, Dafydd Johnston & Jenny Rowland (Cardiff, 2003).
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Formerly Mostyn MS 88.
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'77' on Thomas Mostyn and Gloddaeth Library bookplates.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 3026C [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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- English