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- [14 cent., second-third ΒΌ]. (Creation)
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166 ff. (foliated viii ff. (folios iv-viii also lettered b-f) + 158 ff.) : vellum and paper ; 218 x 149 to 153 mm.
Rebound at NLW.
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Religious works translated from the Latin, including works from the Apocrypha; the Lives of St Katherine and St Margaret and the Life of Mary of Egypt; the Purgatory of Patrick; the Charlemagne Cycle of Stories; and Bown of Hampton.
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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- Welsh
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Welsh.
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Finding aids
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), 305-316, and the text is printed in J. G. Evans & R. M. Jones, Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch (Cardiff, 1973).
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Digital version available: http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4682879 (viewed September 2018)
Available on microfilm at the Library (NLW Film 92).
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 5 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Proteomic analysis samples taken by eraser on 7 February 2023 from the surface of the lower part of folio 38 verso, mid-page, identified the parchment species as calf.
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