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Title
Date(s)
- [15-16 cents], 1863. (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
133 pp. (paginated vi pp. + 123 pp. + vii-x pp.) + 1 envelope : vellum ; 223 x 172 mm. Bound in calf.
Context area
Archival history
On p. 122 is the following note: 'Totum transcripsi fideliter Ego Guil. Mauricius Lansilinensis. Anno Dni 1663. Laus Deo.' On the upper cover is the book-label of 'R. Wmes Vaughan', Hengwrt, and on the lower cover is the name of Roger Lloyd.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
[A transcript of] Alfred of Beverley's Historia de gestis regalibus regum Britannie videlicet a Bruto Britonum rege primo usque ad Normanorum tempora .
There are two slips of parchment either end of the manuscript: the first is part of a 16th century deed bearing the signature of one George Hygons; the second part is a letter from T. Duffus Hardy, Public Record Office to W. W. E. Wynne, 30 January 1863.
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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
Script of material
Language and script notes
Latin, 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), 7 and in Prof. Edward Bensley, Catalogue of Peniarth Manuscripts which are Wholly or Partly in Latin (NLW), 70.
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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 145.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 384 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Place access points
Name access points
- Great Britain. Public Record Office (Subject)
- Alfred of Beverley, fl. 1143. (Subject)
- Brutus the Trojan (Legendary character) (Subject)
- Hygons, George (Subject)
- Hardy, T. Duffus (Subject)
- Wynne, William Watkin Edward, 1801-1880 (Subject)