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- [late XIV cent.] (Creation)
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i, 1-98 ff. : Parchment ; 225 x 150 mm.
Bound in white vellum; marbled page edges.
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Archival history
Contains autographs of Dafydd Nanmor, William Salesbury, Sir John Price and William Cecil, 1st baron Burleigh; presented by Richard Davies, bishop of St Davids, to William Cecil, 1st baron Burleigh, in 1564 (see ff 1. et seq., and Robin Flower, 'William Salesbury, Richard Davies, and Archbishop Parker', NLWJ, II (1941-42), 7-14 (pp. 7-8)); lent by Cecil to David Powel, Ruabon, for the first printed edition, 1585; Gloddaeth bookplate.
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Scope and content
The 'Itinerarium Kambriae' and 'Descriptio Kambriae' of Giraldus Cambrensis, written on vellum, with initial capitals, etc., in red and green.
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Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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- Latin
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Latin.
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Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, I (Aberystwyth, 1940), p. 261.
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Existence and location of copies
Digital version available https://hdl.handle.net/10107/4624118 (November 2023)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Mostyn MS 83.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 3024C [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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- Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223? (Subject)
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- English
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