Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [18 cent., last ΒΌ]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
42 ff. (a stub only remains of f. 6, leaves lost after f. 16, and at least one after f. 42; ff. 1-17, 18-42, were originally two separate volumes) ; 90 x 155 mm. Paper covers over boards, and quarter-leather, the two volumes sewn and glued together.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Many signatures and pentrials, including those of Evan Jones, millwright, Machynlleth, 1800-1819 (ff. 26, 28, 37 verso), John Edwards, Machynlleth (ff. 17 verso, 23, 28), Evan Lewis (f. 18), Elinor Roberts (f. 20), John Pughe, Machynlleth, [18]46 (f. 27 recto-verso), John Jones, (ff. 18 verso, 19, 36 verso, 39), Reverend Thomas Richards, Darowen (f. 29), and Mair Richards, Darowen, 1860 and 1870 (inside front cover, f. 17 verso).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two tune books now bound as one volume, the first (ff. 1-16) probably compiled in the late eighteenth century and the second (ff. 18-42) by 1800, containing hymn-tunes and psalm-tunes, together with a few englynion and other verse in Welsh (ff. 18 verso-20), and various memoranda.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 13). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 6067480. Date: 20040721. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 13) : All corners damaged, all four caps missing, most of spine covering material missing, pages damaged at edges and parts of spine. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 13). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 6067480. Date: 20040813. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Jenkins. Status: Manuscript Volume (Cwrtmawr Music MS 13) : Used heatset adhesive to strengthen edges of leaves and PVA to consolidate spine. Institution: WlAbNL.
Accruals
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, Welsh, 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 13 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].