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Communion service book,

An illuminated service book for Holy Communion, 'consecrated by use at the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist on Whit Sunday May 26th, 1912, at the High Pavement Chapel, Nottingham' (f. 17 verso).

English Miscellany

A miscellany of texts in prose and verse, mainly in English but a few in Latin. The volume was written by sixteen scribes (see Daniel Huws (1996), pp. 190-199, now superseding Auvo Kurvinen (1953)), with writing styles varying from bastard secretary (ff. 8 verso-11) to fere-textura; ink varying from light to very dark brown and dark sepia. A selection of ten texts from the manuscript was published in Early English Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, ed. by J. O. Halliwell (London, 1855).
Among the main texts are the Arthurian romance 'Sir Gawaine and the Carle of Carlyle' (ff. 12-26), a treatise on the limning of books (ff. 33-52 verso), a life of St Catherine of Alexandria (ff. 91-129) and a prose version of the Middle English poem 'The Siege of Jerusalem' (ff. 157 verso-184). Ancilliary materials, [mid-20 cent.], comprising typescript notes relating to the manuscript are filed separately (Brogyntyn MS II.1a).

Our wanderings in Wales

  • NLW MS 24147C.
  • File
  • [1867]

A volume containing humorous prose (ff. 4-16 verso) and poetry (ff. 19-33), [1867], by a young woman identifying herself as 'Angelina Workington' (f. 9), for her uncle, 'Slatey Hughes Esquire', as a memento of their visit to Llandudno and the surrounding area in July 1867.
The volume consists of a fanciful prologue (ff. 4-6), followed by equally fanciful accounts of excursions to the Great Orme (ff. 9-10 verso, 12-13 verso) and Capel Curig (ff. 14 recto-verso, 16 recto-verso), and poems entitled 'Ffos Noddyn' (ff. 19-20), 'A Growl from Gelert's Ghost' (ff. 22-25), 'The Streamlet's Song' (ff. 27-29) and 'Excelsior' (ff. 31-33). The manuscript is written mainly in black ink, with some words in red, blue, green and gold paint. In addition there is an illuminated title page (f. 2) and dedication (f. 3), with further illuminations or decorative initials on ff. 4, 8, 9, 16, 19, 22, 31; together with five pen drawings (ff. 7, 11, 15, 17, 22) and a photograph of the Great Orme, Llandudno (pasted in on f. 8). The name 'Angelina Workington' is presumed to be a pseudonym; the writer may actually be the Isabella Slater to whom the volume was gifted in 1862 (see f. 1).

Workington, Angelina

Rhys family of Cuffern and Scotsborough pedigree,

  • NLW MS 23492G.
  • File
  • 1866 /

An illuminated genealogical and heraldic chart compiled in 1866 by Albany Wallace of Worthing, co. Sussex, formerly of Bayswater, co. Middlesex, showing the descent of the Rhys family of Cuffern and Scotsborough, co. Pembroke, who later took the surname Stokes, from Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth, through the families of Warren of Trewarren, Wogan of Wiston, co. Pembroke, and Clement of Caron and Genau'r Glyn, co. Cardigan. The genealogical details, enclosed in decorative cartouches, and the accompanying painted coats of arms are on paper, cut out and pasted on a cardboard base.

Wallace, Albany.

Roman de la Rose,

A manuscript copy, with illumination, of the 'Roman de la Rose' of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung.

Roman de la Rose,

A manuscript copy, with some illumination, of the 'Roman de la Rose' of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung.

Roman de la Rose,

A manuscript copy, with illumination, of the 'Roman de la Rose' of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung.

Roman de la Rose,

A manuscript copy, with some illumination, of the 'Roman de la Rose' of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung.

Roman de la Rose,

A manuscript copy, with illumination, of the 'Roman de la Rose' of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung.

Roman de la Rose,

A manuscript copy, with some illumination, of the 'Roman de la Rose' of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung.

Sir Thomas Hanmer's 'Garden book'

  • NLW MS 21753B.
  • File
  • [1650x1664]

(i) An autograph draft of Sir Thomas Hanmer's 'Garden Book' (ff. 7-87 verso), which appears to be an earlier draft than either Bettisfield 1667 or the 'MS volume of 1659' from which the 'Garden Book' was first printed with an introduction by E. S. Rohde in 1933. Its condensed style contrasts with the more detailed and formal text of the printed edition. It ends with an index of plants mentioned in the text (ff. 83-87 verso). (ii) A text of Edward Norgate's treatise 'An Exact and Compendious Discourse concerning the Art of Miniature or Limming ...' (ff. 89-116 verso), in the hand of Sir Thomas Hanmer, dated 15 February 1663/4. This text shows much variation from that of the only printed edition, based on Bodleian Tanner MS 326 [ed. Martin Hardie, 'Miniatura; or, the art of limning' (Oxford, 1919)]. Hanmer's abbreviated text ends at the foot of p. 70 of Hardie's edition. Hardie lists eight other manuscripts. (iii) Notes in Latin on Aristotle's 'Rhetorica' (ff. 2-6, and inverted text ff. 140 verso-141 verso); 'Notae Grammaticales' (inverted text ff. 137-138 verso); fragments of English prose, one beginning 'Freindsheep has this in it ...' (inverted text, inside back cover and f. 140); all in later hands of seventeenth century.

Hanmer, Thomas, Sir, 1677-1746.

Society of Free Catholics,

An illuminated manuscript of the constitution of the Society of Free Catholics, signed by founder members of the Society at Flowery Field Church, Hyde, 1914-1916, with notes on symbols used in the design.

The 'Divinae Institutiones' of Lactanatius,

  • NLW MS 4920E [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
  • File
  • [15 cent.].

A vellum manuscript with illuminated capitals comprising an incomplete transcript of the 'Divinae Institutiones' of Lucius Caelius Firmianus Lactantius.

The winning of Glamorgan

  • NLW MS 1482E
  • File
  • [19 cent.]

The Winning of the Kingdom of Glamorgan from the Welsh, 1088, being the traditional account of Robert Fitzhamon and the twelve Norman knights who are said to have accompanied him, with an account of St. Donats Castle and the Stradling family, illustrated by numerous water-colour drawings and sketches.

Thomas Letts tour journals

  • GB 0210 MSTHOMLETTS
  • Fonds
  • 1831-1853

Journals of Thomas Letts recording tours of parts of England, 1831, North Wales, 1832-1834, Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, 1833, the Lake District and Scotland, 1847, and Europe, 1853.

Letts, Thomas, 1803-1873