Dares Phrygius, Brut y Brenhinedd & Brut y Tywysogion

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 210 NLW MS 3035B [RESTRICTED ACCESS]
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004377533
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000377533
  • Dates of Creation
      [XIV cent., second ½]
  • Language of Material
      Welsh Latin  Welsh, Latin.
  • Physical Description
      206 ff. (foliated i, 1-6, 8-25, 65-75, 26-64, 76-138, 138a, 139-206; some leaves bound in incorrect order) : Parchment ; 195 x 130 mm.
      Bound in white vellum; page edges stained red; 'GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH & CARADOC IN WELSH' IN GOLD ON LABEL ON SPINE).
  • Location
      ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
      DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES

Scope and Content

The Welsh texts of Dares Phrygius (ff. 1-23 verso), Brut y Brenhinedd (ff. 24-141 verso), and Brut y Tywysogion (ff. 142-206 verso), written in a hand of the second half of the fourteenth century.

Access Information

Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.

Note

Formerly Mostyn MS 116.

Date derived from Daniel Huws, Medieval Welsh Manuscripts (Cardiff & Aberystwyth, 2000), p. 60.

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 3035B [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Other 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. 56-62.

Alternative Form Available

Available on microfilm at the Library.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Folio 7 missing.

Custodial History

'Gloddaeth Library' ticket; signature of 'Perys Mostyn' in a hand of the early sixteenth century, and 'Simonis Thelwalli Plaswardensis Armiger Liber, teste Guil. Mauricio Lansiliens. qui hunc totum ad suum exemplar examinavit 1660' (both on f. 23 verso).

Related Material

See also the associated texts of NLW MSS 3028B, 3034B, 3036B, and 3055D.

Additional Information

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