Brut y Tywysogion,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 Llanstephan MS 62 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006083216
  • Dates of Creation
    • [16 cent., first ½].
  • Language of Material
    • Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • 184 pp.Half bound, labelled 'BRITISH HISTORY'.Wanting the end.Wanting the end.
  • Location
    • DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES
      ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A manuscript, in the same hand as Llanstephan MS 61 and Jesus College MS 8, containing Brut y Tywysogion taken from the Red Book of Hergest.
Though there are many verbal omissions and changes, so many peculiarities are retained that there can be no doubt of its original.

Access Information

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

Note

Formerly Shirburn MS C. 8.

Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 62 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Other Finding Aids

J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), p. 556.

Alternative Form Available

Available on microfilm at the Library.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

The manuscript is inscribed as follows: 'Llyma lyfyr Dd ab Ieuan o blwyf llangrallo tyst o W. Dd. y fab' (p. 57); 'llyma lyfyr dafydd ap Ievan o blwyf llangrallo. Tyst o sion ap Rys o dre lales ag a ddafydd thomas dafydd ag o Thomas howel llen ac o gryffyth treharn per me thomam Johnes' (p. 176). P. 1 is inscribed 'Moses Wiliams A.M., R.S. Soc. Ex dono D. J. Powell [of Talgarth - see Llanstephan MSS 27, 41, 45]'.

Additional Information

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