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Title
Date(s)
- [mid-16 cent.]. (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
iii, 38 ff. (ff. i-iii, 37-38 are modern flyleaves; lacuna after f. 18; ff. 26 verso-27 verso blank) ; 195 x 150 mm.
Half bound in brown calf, in the same style as MSS II.1, II.6, [19 cent.]; 'TOPOGRAPHY 16 CENTY. PORKINGTON MS. No.' (in gold on spine).
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Name of creator
Archival history
Frequent marginal notes referring to the text by the scribe, by another hand, [16 cent., second ½], and also by John Dee (1527-1608 or 1609), who probably added his annotations between 1574 and 1580. The manuscript is listed as DM1 in Julian Roberts & Andrew Watson, John Dee's Library Catalogue (London, 1990). Perhaps acquired by Dee during his tour in eastern Wales and the Marches in 1574; the remains of his library were finally dispersed in 1626 or 1627. 'No. 22' in pencil inside front cover; MS 24 in Thomas Phillipps's 1837 printed catalogue of Porkington MSS, corrected to 22 by W. W. E. Wynne in the revised version of the catalogue (Brogyntyn MS I.23); not listed in the Second Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (London, 1874). A letter, 1893, from Walter de Gray Birch to Lord Harlech [William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 2nd baron Harlech], concerning the repair of Brogyntyn manuscripts at the British Museum, is now attached to f. 38.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Extracts, in Latin, from Liber Landavensis (the Book of Llandaff, NLW MS 17110E), transcribed by a hand of the mid sixteenth century. The transcripts consist mostly of charters, either in full or as brief extracts (ff. 2-6, 10-36 verso).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn MS II.8). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 6031167. Date: 20030207. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn MS II.8) : Some documents loose. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn MS II.8). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 6031167. Date: 20031014. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Jenkins. Status: Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn MS II.8) : Reattached loose documents. Institution: WlAbNL.
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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
Script of material
Language and script notes
Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A detailed list of the contents is available at https://archives.library.wales/external_documents/brogii8.pdf
Generated finding aid
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
Title based on contents.
Note
Two watermarks: the first (ff. 4-17) a crowned pot, without base, with single handle and `LL' on belly, not found in Briquet; the second (ff. 19-32) similar to Briquet 11380 (1552).
Note
Preferred citation: Brogyntyn MS II.8 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Llandaff Cathedral (Llandaff, Wales) (Subject)
- Dee, John, 1527-1608, former owner. (Subject)
- Birch, Walter de Gray, 1842-1924. (Subject)
- Ormsby-Gore, William Richard, 1819-1904. (Subject)