E. N. Dew Manuscripts,

Scope and Content

Eleven uniformly bound volumes containing typescript translations into English, together with introductions, notes, glossaries and indexes by Edward Napleton Dew of the works of Gerald of Wales ('Giraldus Cambrensis').

Administrative / Biographical History

Edward Napleton Dew was rector of Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire and translator of Diocese of Hereford. Extracts from the Cathedral Registers. A.D. 1275-1535 (Hereford, 1932).

Arrangement

11 vols.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Mrs E. N. Dew; Monmouth; Purchase; 1937

Note

Edward Napleton Dew was rector of Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire and translator of Diocese of Hereford. Extracts from the Cathedral Registers. A.D. 1275-1535 (Hereford, 1932).

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MSS 10944-10954.

Other Finding Aids

Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), pp. 275-276.

Archivist's Note

November 2008 & June 2011.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifan for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifan. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); Oxford Dictionary of National Biography on-line;

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

The first six volumes bear the bookplate of the translator ('Ex libris Edwardi N. Dew, S.T.B.').

Additional Information

Published

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales