Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [15 cent.], 1594. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
88 ff. (foliated viii ff. + 78 ff. + 2 ff.) : paper and vellum ; 222 x 162 mm. Well bound in half-morocco (old leather covers retained).
Context area
Archival history
The name of Thomas Wiliems occurs in the manuscript; he notes that he is the owner in 1594.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Lucidarius; Ymborth yr Enaid; a text concerning the nine grades of angels; Epoptes; and other texts in the hand of Sir Thomas Wiliems, 1594.
There are fragments (two vellum leaves) in Latin from a [?15th century] service book.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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
Welsh, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
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. 1054-1055; 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. 21.
Generated finding aid
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
Formerly Hengwrt MS 306.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 227 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].