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- [mid-14 cent.]-[mid-15 cent.] (Creation)
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131 pp. (foliated and paginated xv ff. + 3 ff. + 26 pp. + 28 pp. + 2 pp. + 32 pp. + 7 pp.) : vellum ; 156 to 158 x 96 to 109 mm.
All three parts have been bound together at NLW.
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Archival history
The volume consists of three different manuscripts: Peniarth MS 47 i was formerly Hengwrt MS 27B; Peniarth MS 47 ii was formerly 540C; and Peniarth MS 47 iii includes Hengwrt MSS 411 (pp. 17-32) and 540D.
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Scope and content
The first part of the manuscript dates from the mid 14th century and contains an early fragment of the text of Dares Phrygius in Welsh by the scribe known as the 'Anchorite'.
The second and third parts date from the early to mid 15th century and include vaticinatory prose, other texts such as The Life of Anna, and some triads.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 2.1. Action: Digitized. Action identifier: Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI). Date: 20140806. Site of action: NLW. Authorization: NLW. Authorizing institution: Bill Endres of the University of Kentucky. Extent: pp. 22, 26. Type of unit: Pages.
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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Welsh, Latin.
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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), 380-381.
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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4779552 (viewed September 2018)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Hengwrt MSS 27B, 540C, 540D and 411.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 47 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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