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- [1538-1539], [c. 1587]. (Creation)
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Peniarth MS 179 i Extent: 82 pp. : Dimensions: 156 x 103 mm.Peniarth MS 179 ii Extent: 68 pp. : Dimensions: 150 x 115 mm.Bound in half leather (?at Peniarth). The old vellum cover for the first part has been retained.There is rodent damage to the edge of part i and to the top left hand corner of part ii.There is rodent damage to the edge of part i and to the top left hand corner of part ii.
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The manuscript consists of two parts: The first part, written 1538-1539, comprises pedigrees and recipes in the hand of Huw Bangor; etc. The second part, written c. 1587, comprises Rhannau Arbennig yr Ynys; XIII Tlws; XXIV Marchog; prophecies; etc.
The old vellum cover for the first part has bicolumnar text in Latin.
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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), 994-996.
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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4940425 (April 2019)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Hengwrt MSS 394 & 502.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 179 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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