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- [18 cent.] (Creation)
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6 unnumbered pages; 1-22; 51-122; 127-138; 171-2; with two loose leaves, the numbers on which have disappeared ; 191 x 154 mm.
Sewn in boards.
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Archival history
In 1870 this manuscript belonged to Owen Prydderch Williams (Eryr Mon), who bought it from Robert Dafydd of Llansannan who was the bardic teacher of William Rees (Hiraethog).
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'Diddanwch Teuluaidd neu Lyfr o Gywyddau a Chaniadau Ysgrythyrol a Diddanol o Gyfansoddiad a Chasgliad Huw ap Huw o Lwydiarth Escob yn ynys Fon', being an incomplete manuscript of the poems of Hugh Hughes (Y Bardd Coch o Fôn, 1693-1776). It appears from the introduction, 'At y Darllenydd Hynaws', that this volume was prepared for publication, and it is interesting to find that some of the poems which were in this manuscript (see table on page 171) were published by Huw Jones of Llangwm (?1700-1782) in a volume of compositions by Anglesey poets which also bore the title Diddanwch Teuluaidd (1763), and which appeared during the life-time of Hugh Hughes. Lewis Morris read the manuscript and there are emendations in his hand in the margins. On the loose sheets in this volume is a portion of an elegy to Dr Edward Wynn of Bodewryd, which has been marked in such a way as to show it to be the manuscript used for the printed version of that poem in Diddanwch Teuluaidd (1763). That is the only portion of this manuscript containing poems printed in Diddanwch Teuluaidd which has been preserved. There is an incomplete copy on page 137 of Lewis Morris's cywydd relating how Dr Evans Llanerch-y-medd conquered death. Hugh Hughes undoubtedly introduced this as a prelude to his cywydd ateb which should follow. Lewis Morris has altered some words in this copy, and some of the emendations suggest that Hugh Hughes was writing from memory and not from a written version.
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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- Welsh
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Welsh.
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Preferred citation: Wynnstay MS 8.
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Original title.