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Title
Date(s)
- [1674x1833] / (Creation)
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Extent and medium
125 ff. Repaired and rebound in full leather.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
The inscription 'D. Thomas, Bristol, March 29th 1833' appears on f. 2 recto.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
A seventeenth century manuscript with a previously loose leaf not forming part of the original manuscript bound in at the end. Ff. 1-125 contain a corpus of Welsh verse and prose items mainly of a vaticinatory nature which, according to a holograph note on f. 125 recto, were transcribed by Thomas ab Ieuan, the scribe of NLW MSS 13061-13063B and 13085B, in 1674 ('Yma y diwedda y llyfr hwn a ysgrifenna[is] i Thomas Ieuan o Dre'r brynn pan oedd [oed] krist 1674 . . .'; see also TLLM, t. 171). Included are 'cywyddau' by Robin Ddu (5), Rhys Nanmor, Dafydd Gorlech, Iolo Goch (2) and others (ff. 1-50 verso); verse or prose items by, or attributed to, Myrddin Wyllt, Myrddin Emrys, Taliesin, Ieuan Drwch y Daran, Adda Fras, Rhys Nanmor, Robin Ddu and others, and including, inter alia, 'Prophwydoliaeth yr Eryr mawr or glyn yng wynedd', conversations between Myrddin and his sister Gwenddydd, a sequence of twenty-one stanzas each commencing with the words 'Koronog faban . . .', a poem commencing 'Gwyr Môn a arganfyddant oi ar yn penryn', versions of the prophesies usually known as 'Prophwydoliaeth y Lili' and 'Prophwydoliaeth y Wennol', and a version of the five dreams of Gwenddydd and their interpretation by her brother Myrddin (see R. Wallis Evans: 'Pum Breuddwyd Gwenddydd', The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, vol. XII, pp. 19-22) (ff. 50 verso-107 recto); and further poems, including 'cywyddau' by Robin Ddu (2), Iolo Goch and others, an 'awdl' by Rhys Nanmor, and 'englynion' by Siams Parri (ff. 107 rector-125). F. 126, the previously loose leaf bound in at the end, is in the same hand as the rest of the volume and contains a seven-stanza vaticinatory poem by Thomas ap Ieuan ap Rhys in the poetic form known as 'triban Morgannwg' (see TLLM, tt. 117, 136), etc.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
Related units of description
Publication note
For the five dreams of Gwenddydd see R. Wallis Evans: 'Pum Breuddwyd Gwenddydd', The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, vol. XII, pp. 19-22.
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Formerly Llanover MS B. 8.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 13069B [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Name access points
- Gwenddydd, 6 cent. (Subject)
- Thomas ab Ieuan, Coychurch (Subject)
- Robin Ddu, fl. 1450 (Subject)
- Rhys Nanmor, fl. 1480-1513 (Subject)
- Gorlech, Dafydd, 1410?-1490? (Subject)
- Iolo, Goch, active 1345-1397 (Subject)
- Myrddin Wyllt, ca. 540-ca. 584 (Subject)
- Ieuan Drwch y Daran, fl. ca. 1370-1400? (Subject)
- Merlin (Legendary character) (Subject)
- Taliesin (Subject)
- Adda Fras, 1240?-1320? (Subject)
- Parry, James Rhys, fl. 1570?-1625? (Subject)