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Title
Date(s)
- [c. 1568]-[c. 1576] / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
ii, 63 ff. (ff. 25 verso-26, 28 verso-29, 34 verso, 62-63 blank; ff. 43-61 verso inverted text) ; 180 x 120 mm. and less.
Vellum binding over boards, [19 cent.]; 'De Dialectica & Ethica' and 'No 32 Porki[ngton] Library' handwritten in ink on spine.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Various pen-trials in Latin, Greek and English (ff. ii, 63 verso (inverted text)); 'Carolus Billus Regij Coll[eg]ij' (f. ii), 'CAROLVS BYLLVS MEVS EST. ΚΑR-ΟΛΟΣ BIΛΛ-ΟΣ' (f. 63 verso (inverted text)).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Notebook containing academic notes in Latin, [c. 1568]-[c. 1576], by Charles Bill (c. 1551-post 1611), of King's College, Cambridge, mainly on political philosophy and in particular Plato's Republic, probably compiled by Bill while studying for his BA (1572) and MA (1576).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.16). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 6032322. Date: 20030207. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.16) : All leaves mould damaged paper give pH4.5 reading, spine sewing broken, sections and pages detached from covers and supports. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.16). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 6032322. Date: 20031028. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: A. Pugh. Status: Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.16) : Volume rebound, all pages deacidified and repaired. Institution: WlAbNL.
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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
Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Folio 1 damaged.
Finding aids
A detailed list of the contents is available at https://archives.library.wales/external_documents/brogii16.pdf
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
Title based on contents.
Note
Formerly Porkington MS 32.
Note
Two watermarks: heraldic fleur-de-lis (passim), similar to Briquet 1615, 1618, 1620 (cf. Piccard 1155, 1158), [mid-16 cent.]; and pot with single handle (ff. 25, 33-34), as Briquet 12699, [c. 1571-1583].
Note
Preferred citation: Brogyntyn MS II.16 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Place access points
Name access points
- Plato. (Subject)
- Bill, Charles, approximately 1551- -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. (Subject)