Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1529x1553] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
iii, 386 ff. (foliated 303-452, 503, 453-502, 504-604, 604a, 605-688) ; 300 x 200 mm.
Described by Gwenogvryn Evans (p. 214) as 'bound in oak boards and leather'; remains of these (?original) leather covers retained as NLW MS 3054iD, ff. 304 & 308. Re-bound as two volumes, in quarter-leather over oak boards, at NLW.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
'Da i delych di o veddiant Ellis gruffyth sawdiwr o gallis i vediant tomas vab tomas vab shion vab gruffudd vychan i bantt y llongdy yngwespur, o vewn plwyf llan assaph yn sir y fflint o vewn Tegangyl' (f. 688 verso).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The second volume of Elis Gruffydd's chronicle of British history, the present part covering the period from the Norman Conquest to 1552. The manuscript is itself now bound as two volumes, of which this is the second.
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
Language of material
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
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. 214-221.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4393586 (September 2018)
Digital version available https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/manuscripts/early-modern-period/elis-gruffudds-chronicle (September 2018)
Available on microfilm at the Library (NLW Film 868).
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Formerly Mostyn MS 158.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 3054iiD [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Digital object metadata
Latitude
Longitude
Media type
Image
Mime-type
image/jpeg