Mona Vetusta.

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23961E.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004516633
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1850]-1855
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English English.
  • Physical Description
    • iii, 79 ff. (alternate openings blank; f. 67 verso to end blank) ; 340 x 245 mm.
      Bound in contemporary brown morocco over boards with recessed blind stamped panels; four raised bands on spine; red watered silk doublures and end-papers, with gold dentelles inside covers; gilded and gauffered page edges; 'Mona Vetusta' (in gold on red morocco lettering-piece on spine).
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A volume, [1850]-1855 (watermarks 1849, 1850), containing pen, ink and wash drawings of ancient buildings and archaeological remains in Anglesey with accompanying text. The volume appears to be the work of Helen Spode (née Heywood), and also her husband, Josiah Spode of Hawkesyard Hall, Staffordshire, and of Plas Gwyn and Beaumaris.
The layout consists typically of a page of text in black and red ink and an illuminated initial in Celtic style, with a drawing on the facing page (thirty-five in total); additional drawings often form vignettes in the text. A few of the drawings are initialled 'H.S.' (ff. 12, 31 verso, 39, 41) and 'J.S.' (ff. 10, 33). Subjects include various cromlechs, churches and castles; the majority are in the east of the island, including Beaumaris (ff. 1 verso-13) and Penmon Priory (ff. 14 verso-26). The volume also includes a single parchment leaf (f. 67) containing a copy of the illumination on f. 8 verso of the Bangor Pontifical (now in Bangor University, Welsh Library, Special Collections, Cathedral Collection).

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Acquisition Information

Christie's South Kensington; London; Purchased at auction, lot 218; 14 February 2007; 004516633.

Note

Original title.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23961E.

Alternative Form Available

Text

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Covers lightly rubbed and scuffed.

Archivist's Note

May 2011.

Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

'Hawkesyard Priory' and 'W.III.7' (pencil on f. i)

Related Material

Sold along with a manuscript entitled 'The Three Ridwares, Illustrated between 1839 and 1848 by Elizabeth Reynolds and Helen Heywood', which was not retained by NLW; this was subsequently sold at auction at Dominic Winter Book Auctions, 12 May 2011, lot 570 (purchaser unknown). Further papers of the Spode family of Hawkesyard Hall are Stafford, Staffordshire County Record Office D1141.

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