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- [13 cent., second ½], 1862, [1821x1880] (Creation)
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44 pp. (foliated and paginated iv ff. + 32 pp. + 2 ff. blank and unnumbered) : vellum ; 182 x 141 to 179 x 140 mm.
Bound in half vellum.
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It has been posited that this manuscript was once at Gwydir.
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A manuscript in the hand of a single scribe dating from the second half of the 13th century and comprising Historia Hen Gruffud fab Cynan (p. 1); a treatise on earth, water, air and fire (p. 17); a treatise on the planets (p. 20); and a series of Welsh proverbs in verse (p. 27).
Memoranda in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne have been pasted onto the inside of the front cover. Ff. iii-iv contain a letter from J. Williams ab Ithel, 25 January 1862
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Welsh.
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A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), 339-340.
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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/5988131 (November 2022)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Hengwrt MS 406.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 17 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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