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Title
Date(s)
- [15 cent.]. (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
183 ff. (foliated iv ff. + 179 ff. (folios 1-175 also paginated 1-348)) + 1 envelope contining 9 items : vellum ; 256 to 262 x 134 to 137 mm. Rebound at NLW.
Context area
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
William of Nassyngton's Speculum Vite, here called 'liber sapientiae'; a translation of the Speculum Ecclesiae of Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury ('this is ye tretyce of Seynt Edmond of Pountenay translated out of Frenche in to Englysche'); two religious poems, one beginning 'who so kon suffre & hald hym still', and the other being on the earthquake of 1382 - 'zhit is god a curteys lord'; and medical recipes.
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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
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Middle English.
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.
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Notes area
Note
Formerly Hengwrt MS 226.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 395 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].