Identity area
Reference code
GB 0210 MSDINGEST
Title
Dingestow Court manuscripts
Date(s)
- [late 12 cent.]-[19 cent.] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
15 volumes.
Context area
Archival history
Brought together by Sir Bernard Bosanquet (1773-1847), Justice of the Common Pleas. Preserved at Dingestow Court until their sale at auction in July [?1916]. Bought for NLW at that sale on the instructions of Mr Evan D. Jones and gifted to NLW by two anonymous donors.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Anonymous; Donation; 1916.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts, [late 12 cent.]-[19 cent.], including the oldest known Welsh version of the Brut or Chronicle of Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- French
- Latin
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English, Latin, French.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls004375335
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000375335
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Bosanquet family, of Dingestow Court (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English