Adysgrif,
vtls004639685
vtls004639685
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Siôn, Wiliam, 1874-1947
Manuscripts, Welsh
Welsh language -- Dialects -- Wales -- Gwent.
Welsh language -- Dialects -- Wales -- Glamorgan
Welsh language -- Dialects -- Wales -- Monmouthshire
Welsh language -- Dialects -- Wales -- Breconshire
Llywelyn Sion, 1540-1615?
Griffiths, Evan, 1795-1873
Siôn, Lewis, 1825-1890
A copy of Evan Griffiths, Esponiad ar y Bibl Sanctaidd ... Cyfrol IV (Abertawy, 1835) with leaves pasted to the stubs of leaves excised at the beginning of the volume, on which Wiliam Siôn (1874-1947), Cefn Cribwr, Tythegston, later of Cymer, Glyncorrwg, co. Glamorgan, has transcribed, 1929, Welsh poetry in strict metre from Cardiff MS 5.44, 'Llyfr Hir Llanharan' (written c. 1613, by Llywelyn Siôn), ff. 1-14 and compiled lists of the contents of the original manuscript (ff. iv, xix-xxxi verso), of the poets whose works it contains (ff. xi-xvi verso, xxxii-iv) and of the patrons to whom they sang (ff. v-x). Also included are a biographical note on Llywelyn Siôn (f. iii verso), and a brief account of 'Y Wentaeg', the Welsh dialect of Gwent, Morgannwg and part of Brycheiniog (f. lxxxi recto-verso).
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23272C
1835, 1866, 1929 /
lxxxiii, [707 ff.] ; 270 x 205 mm. Full calf with gold rolls around the edges of both covers, four raised bands and 'Esponiad Henry Cyf. 4' in gold lettering on spine.
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