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- [1470s]. (Creation)
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258 pp. (foliated and paginated iii ff. + 252 pp. (pages 21-157 are also foliated 1-70 ff.; pages 158-234 are also foliated 71-109 on the verso, the numbers 70 and 71 appear on the recto and verso of the same folio)) : vellum ; 158 x 120 mm. Bound in leather.
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A volume dating from the 1470s comprising a version of the Laws of Hywel Dda; a calendar of feasts and saints' days; and cywyddau written by Lewis Glyn Cothi.
The last few pages are in another hand.
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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), 374-376.
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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4784967 (viewed September 2018)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Hengwrt MS 18.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 40 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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