[mid-17 cent.]
Ref:GB 210 Brogyntyn MS I.3 [RESTRICTED ACCESS]
Location:National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
Extent:315 ff. (paginated 1-625; bound in incorrect order) ; 200 x 130 mm. Rebound, [early 19 cent.], in blind-tooled pigskin, on five raised bands with 'BRITISH POETRIE MS.' and 'PORKINGTON MANUSCRIPT No 13' in gilt on spine; inlaid into each cover is a blind-stamped panel, 180 x 120 mm., from a binding, [1515x1533], by Nicholas Spierinck (d. 1545/6) of Cambridge, using his signed roll of wyvern, gryphon and lion (Oldham no. 562, cf. Howard M. Nixon, Five Centuries of English Bookbinding (London, 1978), no. 7, pp. 26-27), together with a diaper roll (Oldham no. 604); the two panels are from a single cover which was bisected horizontally and the originally vertical design is now positioned horizontally. For other Spierinck bindings see MSS I.10 (using same rolls), II.36. Hinge of upper cover repaired, [20 cent.]
Language:Welsh
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