File Llanstephan MS 182i-iii [RESTRICTED ACCESS]. - Boundaries within Wales, &c.,

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Llanstephan MS 182i-iii [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

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Boundaries within Wales, &c.,

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  • [c. 1625], 1693, [c. 1738] (Creation)

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16 pp. Parts bound together in cloth.

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'Gossodedigaetheu a Messureu y Deyrnas, Cantrevi a Chymydeu Kymry', being a list of hundreds, commotes and other geographical divisions within Wales. At the end of every division is a list of its castles.
The list of 'Cantreds and Commotes of Wales' (p. 5) agrees practically with the one in Peniarth MS 163.

A 'Copy of the Dedication of, and Preface to Sir Thomas Wiliems's Latin-British Dictionary', together with notes on the life and work of Dr John Davies, Mallwyd, and ballads, which include the works of Rowland Fychan of Caer-gai, Lewis Morris and Richard Abraham, written c. 1738 (see p. 2). Also including englynion to Robert Vaughan, Caer-gai by Dr John Davies; a translation by Dr Davies of Thomas Wiliems's dedication of his Dictionary to Sir Richard Wynne, Gwydir; and notes concerning Thomas Wiliems's Dictionary at Hengwrt, with a copy of its Preface (see Peniarth MS 228).

Medical recipes similar to those of 'Meddygon Myddfai', written 1693 (see p. 73).

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

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Usual copyright laws apply.

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Welsh, English.

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J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), pp. 771-773.

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Available on microfilm at the Library.

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Part i formerly Caerwys MS 17.

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Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 182i-iii [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

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vtls006088242

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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