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- [c. 1630]. (Creation)
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95 ff. (modern pagination 1-189; pp. 4-6, 65-72, 95-98, 110-116, 164 blank) ; 195 x 145 mm.
Original limp vellum covers with holes for ribbon ties on front and back, similar to Brogyntyn MS II.13; 'MEMOIRS RELATING TO SPAIN & ENGLAND M. S. 1607', 'No. 30', 'PORKINGTON LIBRARY' in gold on red leather labels on spine, added in the nineteenth century.
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Scope and content
A volume, [c. 1630], containing various English political tracts, mostly concerning relations between England and Spain and the Spanish war against the Netherlands, together with extracts in Latin from works on ecclesiastical and royal power.
Written by three unidentified hands: hand I, pp. 1-2, 176-189 (possibly hand IV of MS II.13); hand II, pp. 7-124, 165-175; hand III, pp. 125-163. Marginal notes are by the same hand as those in Brogyntyn MS II.13.
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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Language and script notes
English, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
At least one bifolium removed between pp. 2 and 3.
Finding aids
A detailed list of the contents is available at https://archives.library.wales/external_documents/brogii14.pdf
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Available on microfilm at the Library
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Title based on contents.
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Formerly Porkington MS 30.
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Watermark: pot with single handle, similar to Briquet 12802 (Normandy, 1594).
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Preferred citation: Brogyntyn MS II.14 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Subject access points
- Power (Philosophy)
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Spain -- 1603-1688.
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1603-1649.
- Netherlands -- Foreign relations -- Spain -- 1556-1648.
- Spain -- Foreign relations -- Netherlands -- 1621-1665.
- Spain -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- 1621-1665.