Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1549 / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
308 ff. (foliated 2 blank ff. + ccciv ff. + 2 blank ff.) ; 208 x 150 mm. Full calf.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
The volume bears an armorial book-plate of 'Watking Williams, Esqr' of Penbedw, Denbighshire.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The newe Testament in Englyshe and in Latin of Erasmus Translation. Novvm Testamentvm Anglice et Latine. Anno dni, 1549. Black letter; headings and Latin text in roman. Printed.
Also included is a cutting from a catalogue of Quaritch, 1874, in which a copy of thie edition, with title-page in facsimile, is priced at £28.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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
English, Latin.
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), 22 and in Prof. Edward Bensley, Catalogue of Peniarth Manuscripts which are Wholly or Partly in Latin (NLW), 91.
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 532 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536. (Subject)