File NLW MSS 5386C, 5387E - Collectanea of Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick,

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NLW MSS 5386C, 5387E

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Collectanea of Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick,

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  • [1803x1848] (Creation)

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'Collectanea de rebus celticis' by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick. They include notes on the Celtic language; 'Nomina Cantredorum Wallensium' taken from Cotton MS Domitian A. VIII in the British Museum; a pedigree of the Lloyd family of Mabws, Cardiganshire; a transcript of a letter from John Gillies, Perth, with a translation by him of 'the Gaelic Chronicle of the Kings of Scotland'; a translation of 'an ancient Irish Poem entitled the thirteen wonders of Ireland, by the Revd. Jas Hely A.B.'; letters from Charles Roach Smith and F. Hall; and miscellanea.

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  • English
  • Latin
  • iri

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English, Latin, Irish.

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Preferred citation: NLW MSS 5386C, 5387E

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vtls004369156

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(WlAbNL)0000369156

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

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  • English

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