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- [1751x1787] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
128 ff. (foliated i-v, 1-106, 110-126; ff. i verso-v, 81 recto-verso, 96 recto-verso, 121 verso-126 verso blank) ; c. 200 x 160 mm.
Quarter leather and marbled paper over boards; 'Brith-waith Vol. 10' (ink on spine); book-plate of Evan Evans inside front cover.
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Name of creator
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Extracts in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), including the notes of Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt, on the History of the Welsh princes, copied from Sir John Price, A Description of Wales (Oxford, 1663) (ff. 1-53 verso, 120-122); material relating to Sir Thomas Wiliems and to his Dictionary (ff. 53c); and extracts from Antony à Wood's Athenæ Oxoniensis (ff. 55-66). The manuscript also contains poetry, the poets cited including Iolo Goch, Tudur Aled and Dafydd ab Edmwnd (ff. 97-119); etc.
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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
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Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Folios 107-109 missing.
Finding aids
Historical Manuscripts Commission, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, ed. by J. Gwenogvryn Evans, 2 vols (London: HMSO, 1898-1910), II (1905), 815-816.
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Panton MS 11.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 1980B.
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Title based on contents.
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Name access points
- Wiliems, Thomas, 1545 or 1546-1622? (Subject)