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- [1766x1790] / (Creation)
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Among the names of subsequent owners are John Evans 'or Tŷ mawr yn Llanddeiniolen' (1790), William Rodrig 'of Lanfaglan', and John Griffith 'of Garnarfo[n]'.
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An incomplete miscellany, in the form of three unbound volumes, of free- and strict-metre poetry (including illustrative extracts), compiled by David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri') under the title of 'Golwg a'r Parnassus, a Helicon, Sef, Casgliad neulltuol, neu Bigion Dewisol Allan o Waith Prif feirdd neu Brydyddion yr oesoedd, sef y Rhannau hyny o'u Gwaith na ymddangosodd yn argraphedig Hyd yn hyn ond mewn hen Sgrifeniadau, yn Englynion A chywyddau. yn Ddwy Rann; un yn Ddigrifol ar llall yn ddifrifol. O Gascliad, Dewi, ab Thomas, Waunfawr. A Sgrifenwyd yn y flwyddyn 1781'. The preface ('Rhagymadrodd at y Darllenydd') indicates both the period and partly the source of the volume: 'Y Darnau canlynol o Brydyddiaeth a Sgrifennwyd Gennyf yn fy Ieuenctyd, Pan ddechreuais Gyntaf Gael blas, ar farddoniaeth Reolaidd Ac yn ol fy nhŷb i, y Pryd hwnnw, maent yn Brif orchestwaith, Pigion, neu oreuon, Gwaith yr hen Feirdd ... Yr a adsgrifennais wrth ymdeithi[o] yn ddamweiniol, heibio'r lleoedd yr oeddynt iw gweled fel y Gwelwch yn Enwau'r Eglwysydd'. The poets represented include Rhichard Phylip; Maredudd ap Rhys; David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'); Hugh Hughes ('Y Bardd Coch o Fôn') (1766); Huw Morys; Siôn Cent; William Phylip; Elis Roberts; Dafydd ap Gwilym; Siôn Phylip; Bedo Brwynllys; Tudur Aled; Gruffudd Hiraethog; Siôn Brwynog; Siôn Tudur; Edward Morys; Owen Gruffydd; and Siôn Mawddwy. The titles include 'Englynion i Sir feirionydd'; 'Englynion Iw gosod ar fedd Huw Jones o Langwm ...'; and 'Englyn i Hugh Lloyd Cynfel'. Additions in other hands include some music scores of carol tunes and calligraphic exercises.
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Welsh.
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The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XIX, 262-3.
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Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Llundain, 1953), p. 883 mentions the composition of this volume, together with some of the circumstances surrounding its inception.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 10870B.
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- Llwyd, Huw, 1568?-1630? -- Poetry (Subject)
- Jones, Hugh, 1700?-1782 -- Poetry (Subject)
- Phylip, Rhisiart, d. 1641 (Subject)
- Phylip, Siôn, approximately 1543-1620 (Subject)
- Maredudd ap Rhys, fl. 1440-1483 (Subject)
- Hughes, Hugh, 1693-1776 (Subject)
- Morys, Huw (Subject)
- Siôn Cent, approximately 1367-approximately 1430 (Subject)
- Phylip, William, 1579-1669 (Subject)
- Roberts, Ellis, -1789 (Subject)
- Bedo Brwynllys, fl. 1460 (Subject)
- Tudur Aled, approximately 1465-approximately 1525 (Subject)
- Gruffudd Hiraethog, -1564 (Subject)
- Siôn Brwynog, -1562 (Subject)
- Tudur, Siôn (Subject)
- Morris, Edward, 1607?-1689 (Subject)
- Gruffydd, Owen, approximately 1643-1730 (Subject)
- Siôn Mawddwy, approximately 1575-1613 (Subject)
- Dafydd ap Gwilym, active 14th century (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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October 2008.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Llundain, 1953); Cydymaith i Lenyddiaeth Cymru (Llandysul, 1986);