Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [17 cent.]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
224 pp. (paginated viii pp. + 208 pp. + ix - xvi pp.) ; 278 x 210 mm. Whole calf binding.
Context area
Archival history
The book label of Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt is on the inside of the cover, and a note by W. W. E. Wynne is on the wrongly labelled cover.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A transcript of the Cartulary of the Priory of St John the Evangelist, Carmarthen.
The Cartularium S. Johannis Bapt ... printed at Cheltenham in 1865 is derived from this transcript and the title is incorrect.
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.
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), 9; a brief description of the manuscript and its Latin text can also be found in Prof. Edward Bensley, Catalogue of Peniarth Manuscripts which are Wholly or Partly in Latin (NLW), 77.
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 440.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 401 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].