Welsh heraldic notes and sketches

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 14029B.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004554561
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1890-1894
  • Language of Material
    • English English.
  • Physical Description
    • ii, 135 ff. with insertions (foliated 1-134 with errors, original foliation continued to end; ff. 1-87 versos mostly blank; ff. 88-117 inverted text on versos) ; 185 x 235 mm.
      Cloth over boards. 'Heraldic Notes' (ink on label on front cover); 'Archaeol[ogical Notes?] (pencil on back cover).
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A volume of armorials, blazons and accompanying notes, 1890-1894, compiled by D. Griffith Davies, relating mainly to Welsh tribes and families.
These include arms of Gwynedd (f. 10), the Five Royal Tribes of Wales (ff. 11-15), the Fifteen Tribes of North Wales (ff. 16-31), the four Welsh Sees (ff. 32-35), chieftains of North Wales and Powys (ff. 35 verso-79) and of South Wales (ff. 80-95) and miscellaneous arms (ff. 88 verso-115, inverted text on versos). Many of the arms (ff. 61-114) are copied from 'Hengwrt MSS No. 395'. The armorials to f. 57 are mostly fully painted, thereafter mostly unpainted. The volume also includes notes taken from F. Edward Hulme, History of Symbolism in Christian Art (London, 1891) (ff. 1-8 verso) and archaeological notes and sketches relating to churches and other antiquities in Anglesey (ff. 117-131 verso).

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 14029B.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Three folios cut out between ff. 121 and 125; several folios cut out with new folios pasted to the stubs.

Additional Information

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