Dosbarth arfau

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 3052D [RESTRICTED ACCESS]
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004377736
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000377736
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1678
  • Language of Material
    • Welsh Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • ii, 183 ff. (paginated 1-366; pp. 41-50, 58-344, 355-366 blank) ; 290 x 170 mm.
      Russia leather with gold fillets and gold tooling.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
      DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES

Scope and Content

A volume containing a treatise on arms, copied in 1678 'allan or Llifr a fenthyciais i gan Sion Mathews o Ruabon'. It includes the arms of Arthur and other figures from Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia from Brutus onward, arranged alphabetically and mixed up with historical personages; there are 178 entries in all (pp. 3-25). This is followed by tracts including 'Bonedd y Gwyr Gore' (pp. 25-28), and a letter from Thomas Maurice to Dr John Davies of Mallwyd (pp. 345-354).

Access Information

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

Note

Formerly Mostyn MS 149.

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 3052D [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Other Finding Aids

A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), pp. 212-213.

Alternative Form Available

Available on microfilm at the Library.

Custodial History

Signature of 'Robt. Wynne' (p. 1).

Additional Information

Published