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- [c. 1813] / (Creation)
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Extent and medium
i, 133 ff. (ff. 14 verso-41, 51-4 blank; old pagination 1-8 on ff. 2-5 verso) ; 150 x 95 mm. Re-bound at NLW using original leather covers and label on original spine with 'Hebr[e]w and W[el]sh MS Gram[ma]r' in gold lettering.
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Biographical history
Archival history
'Rich. R. Jones Scripsit' inside front cover; 'Richard Robert Jones A.D. 1833' on f. iv. The manuscript had belonged to the vendor's husband, Mr Hugh Aylmer Pryce Phillips, whose ancestors came from Nantlle, co. Caernarfon.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs A. G. Phillips; Stamford, Lincolnshire; Purchase; 1983
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Scope and content
A volume [watermark 1813] in the hand of Richard Robert Jones ('Dic Aberdaron') containing 'Peithadur neu Lythyreg Hebrëig', an Hebrew Grammar in Welsh (ff. 41 verso-50 verso, 54 verso-132 verso, text in reverse, written mainly on the versos); a short Hebrew-Welsh vocabulary (f. 9 recto-verso); and miscellaneous extracts from the scriptures in English, many written in shorthand (ff. 1-14).
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Language of material
- Welsh
- Hebrew
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, Hebrew, English.
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Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 21987A.
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
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- English