File Brogyntyn MS II.57i-ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS]. - Poetry and prose,

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Brogyntyn MS II.57i-ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Title

Poetry and prose,

Date(s)

  • [1640s]-[19 cent., first ½]. (Creation)

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File

Extent and medium

390 ff.

Guarded and filed as two volumes at NLW (MS II.57i consisting of ff. 1-186, and MS II.57ii consisting of ff. 187-390). Previously in cardboard folder with 'Poetry &c' on two labels.

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Scope and content

Poetry and prose compiled at Brogyntyn for an album (cf. Brogyntyn MS I.29), but left unbound. The items, in various hands, are mainly in English but with a few in Latin, Welsh and French, and consist of political, satirical and occasional verse, both published and apparently unpublished (ff. 1-212 verso), together with a few letters (ff. 214-228), miscellaneous prose and commonplace entries (ff. 229-306), and printed material including song-sheets, pamphlets and newspaper cuttings (ff. 307-390). A number of items relate to Brogyntyn or Wynnstay or are addressed to family members.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Item: 1.1 Loose Manuscript Documents (Brogyntyn MS II.57). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 6033446. Date: 20020917. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Loose Manuscript Documents (Brogyntyn MS II.57) : Water and mould staining, some tearing to paper. Institution: WlAbNL.

Item: 1.2 Loose Manuscript Documents (Brogyntyn MS II.57). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 6033446. Date: 20040317. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: E. Pugh. Status: Loose Manuscript Documents (Brogyntyn MS II.57) : Repaired, guarded and filed into two volumes, lettered in black. Institution: WlAbNL.

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System of arrangement

Arranged at NLW into the following: poetry; letters; miscellaneous prose; printed items.

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.

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Script of material

Language and script notes

English, Latin, Welsh, French.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

A detailed list of the contents is available at https://archives.library.wales/external_documents/brogii57.pdf

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Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Available on microfilm at the Library.

Related units of description

Further collections of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century poetry compiled by the family are NLW, Brogyntyn Estate and Family Records PQH1.

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Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: Brogyntyn MS II.57i-ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

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vtls006033446

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Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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