Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [c. 1500] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
138 pp., interleaved throughout.
Half-bound.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A manuscript containing the 'Demetian Code' of Welsh laws.
The text seems to follow pretty closely the text of the Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales (Vol. i, pp. 408, xv-590, l. 2).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (Llanstephan MS 29B). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 6080608. Date: 20020917. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (Llanstephan MS 29B) : Small tears to page edges. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (Llanstephan MS 29B). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 6080608. Date: 20030925. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: A. Pugh. Status: Manuscript Volume (Llanstephan MS 29B) : Repaired five small tears. Institution: WlAbNL.
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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
The text wants the beginning and end, and is possibly defective in places in the middle.
Finding aids
J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), p. 465.
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. 27.
Note
Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 29 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].