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- [c. 1445]. (Creation)
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346 ff. (foliated vii ff. + 330 ff. + 9 blank ff.) : vellum and paper ; 125 x 80 to 139 x 100 mm. Re-bound at NLW (old covers preserved).
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Archival history
The following names occur in the manuscript: Richard Thomas 'o lyn Nedd' (pp. 92-3); Ieuan Thomas, 'porthman' (p. 205); and Iankin Tomas, who is noted as at one time owning the manuscript (p. 164).
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Scope and content
A collection of vaticinatory prose and verse in Welsh, Latin and English, dated c. 1445, written by a scribe identified as 'Dafydd' and including prophecies, Welsh history, and a prescription for a recipient 'out of mynde'.
Included are verses associated with Myrddin and Taliesin and a collection of verse by Rhys Fardd.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 2.1. Action: Digitized. Action identifier: Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI). Date: 20140807. Site of action: NLW. Authorization: NLW. Authorizing institution: Bill Endres of the University of Kentucky. Extent: pp. 15, 17. Type of unit: Pages.
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Conditions governing access
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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Welsh, Latin, English.
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Finding aids
A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), pp. 389-399; a description of the manuscript and its Latin text can also be found in Prof. Edward Bensley, Catalogue of Peniarth Manuscripts which are Wholly or Partly in Latin (NLW), p. 6.
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Online version available on the Library’s website $$u http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4686929 (viewed December 2016)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Hengwrt MS 34.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 50 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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