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Title
Date(s)
- [1570x1622]. (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
408 pp. (foliated and paginated iii ff. + 396 pp. + 3 blank ff.) : paper ; 145 x 90 to 150 x 99 mm. Rebound at NLW. Old covers included in the manuscript. The bottom right-hand corners have been eaten by mice, resulting in some loss of text.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A collection of materials for the making of a Welsh Dictionary, including vocabularies; glosses; poetry; quotations from poetry, the Welsh Laws and the Romances; proverbs; and a list of words borrowed from Latin.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions of access and use area
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
Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
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), 1015.
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4838877 (viewed September 2018)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Notes area
Note
Formerly Hengwrt MS 471.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 188 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].