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Title
Date(s)
- [1751x1787] (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
i, 78 ff. (partial pagination 1-106; pp. 106-156 blank) ; 205 x 160 mm.
Quarter leather and marbled paper over boards.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A manuscript in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing vocabularies with (sometimes speculative) meanings, including terms taken from Brut y Tywysogion (pp. 69-76), names of fish (pp. 88-91), birds (pp. 93-105), etc., with illustrative quotations from poetry, myth, etc., throughout. Also included are attempts at explaining the origin of the names of rivers and places (pp. 59-68) and the origins of Welsh customs (p. 83), and a Latin-Welsh vocabulary (pp. 77-80).
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Accruals
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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
Welsh, Latin, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Historical Manuscripts Commission, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, ed. by J. Gwenogvryn Evans, 2 vols (London: HMSO, 1898-1910), II (1905), 828.
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Notes area
Note
Formerly Panton MS 19.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 1988B.
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Title based on contents.