Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [18 cent., second ½]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
40 ff. (text frequently inverted) ; 90 x 145 mm. Full calf with blind fillet over wooden boards, rear cover cracked, paper repair to spine, ?19 cent.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Signatures of Watkin Watkin, 1748, and William Jones, 1747 (inside front cover); Timothy Evans, clothier, of Cwm Clydach, Glamorgan, 1764-1785 (ff. 1, 2 verso, 23, 31 verso); and 'David Timoth', 1786 (f. 6 verso).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Tune book, compiled mainly during the second half of the eighteenth century, containing psalm-tunes, interspersed with notes, 1780s-1790s, relating to the dyeing of cloth.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 3). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 6067258. Date: 20040727. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 3) : Entire book block discoloured to llight brown colour, pastedowns mould damaged and losses on front board, acidic paper gives reading of pH 4, Iron Gall ink migration, both boards detached, front board snapped in two, leather dry and brittle, curator instructs not to rebind volume. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 3). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 6067258. Date: 20040805. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 3) : Pulled, deacidified, repaired and re-sewn, repaired broken board. 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
Musical notation, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
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
Preferred citation: Cwrtmawr Music MS 3 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].