The Vaux Passional is an illuminated manuscript from the late fifteenth to early sixteenth century. With thirty-four large miniatures in the style of the Flemish School, it is one of the most elaborately decorated manuscripts in the collection of the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth. It retains an original binding of wooden boards covered in velvet from the early sixteenth century. The volume contains the book plate of Watkin Williams of Penbedw.
Presentation page (f. 9) from the Vaux Passional showing Henry VII in mourning with his children Margaret, Mary and Henry on the upper left
f. 9 Presentation page
f. 11r Raising of Lazarus
f. 14 House of Symeon
National Library of Wales
The National Library of Wales, in Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales and is one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies. It is the biggest library in Wales, holding over 6.5 million books and periodicals, and the largest collections of archives, portraits, maps, and photographic images in Wales. The Library is also home to the national collection of Welsh manuscripts, the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, and the most comprehensive collection of paintings and topographical prints in Wales. As the primary research library and archive in Wales and one of the largest research libraries in the United Kingdom, the National Library is a member of Research Libraries UK (RLUK) and the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL).
The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
Sir John Williams, one of the principal founders of the National Library
The North Reading Room
Entrance to the tunnel that was constructed under the National Library of Wales for the storage of valuable material during the Second World War
