- Peniarth MS 41 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
- Ffeil
- [15 cent., second ½]
A manuscript containing the text of Statud Rhuddlan (the Statute of Rhuddlan) by a single scribe and dating from the second half of the 15th century.
A manuscript containing the text of Statud Rhuddlan (the Statute of Rhuddlan) by a single scribe and dating from the second half of the 15th century.
One of the earliest Welsh versions of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regnum Britannie in the hand of a single scribe dating from the mid 13th century.
The manuscript also contais seven folios in the hand of William Morris of Llansilin, 1660.
Various version and fragments of the Laws of Hywel Dda. The manuscript comprises three parts: A and B were written by Gwilym Was Da during the first half of the 14th century; C was written by another scribe during the period from the late 15th century to the early 16th century. The manuscript comprises two volumes kept in one box.
Poetry by [Siôn] Brwynog, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Tudur Aled and others, possibly in the hand of [Siôn] Brwynog.
A version of the Laws of Hywel Dda by one scribe dating from the late 14th century to the early 15th century.
Poetry of Rhys Cain and others in the hand of Rhys Cain, 1574-1590.
Other poets cited include Dafydd Nanmor, Tudur Aled and Lewys Môn.
Prophecies associated with Myrddin, Taliesin, Sibli and others, in prose and verse, by a single scribe of the 16th century.
A version of the Laws of Hywel Dda in two hands dating from the first half of the 14th century.
A version of the Laws of Hywel Dda by a single scribe and dating from the end of the 14th century to the early 15th century.
The second and third Llyfr Geirydd and other word lists in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, completed 9 July 1606.
A collection, in several hands of the first half of the 17th century, of medical recipes, theological tracts, englynion and other poetry, and astrological texts.
Notes on English law; lists of recognisances taken before Griffith Nanney, 1601-1605; rentals and accounts of payments for walling, etc., 1599-1608; lists of cattle and horses at Dolychowgrydd and Dolykynavon, 1599-1608, of licensees to sell ale in Talybont, Uwchcregenan, and Iscregenan, 1606, and of poor persons in Dolgelley, 1601; and three anonymous englynion.
A manuscript in several hands comprising texts relating to herbology, botanology, and Meddygon Myddfai; medical recipes; and the letter and teachings of Aristotle directed to Alexander the Great.
A collection of Welsh poetry compiled by one scribe in the first half of the fourteenth century.
The volume includes poems relating to the historical/folklore character Taliesin including poems to Urien Rheged, Armes Prydain Fawr.
Barddoniaeth Dafydd ap Gwilym,
A collection of Welsh poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym and others in three different hands, one of the scribes being Dr John Davies, Mallwyd. The manuscript most probably dates from the second half of the 16th century to the first half of the 17th century.
The poems have been collected from a number of manuscripts, including the White Book of Hergest.
A manuscript in the hand of Sir Hugh Pennant, c. 1514, comprising Afallenau; pedigrees; vocabularies; Bonedd y Saint; Bucheddau Mihangel ac Wrsula; Llyfr Theophrastes o'r Neithorau; etc.
The manuscript is made up of five fragments. The main texts include the Credo, with a commentary; the prophecy of Merlin, with a commentary; a version of Macsen Wledig; triads; and Bonedd y Saint.
F. iv is from a musical manuscript.
A Latin text of the Laws of Hywel Dda, being one of the earliest, by a single scribe and dating from the mid 13th century.
The notes on a piece of paper pasted onto the inside the end cover which is now partly perished have been transcribed by Gwenogvryn Evans. There is also a loose piece of paper of modern date at the end of the manucsript with Latin words and numbers on both sides.
Proffwydoliaethau Taliesin a Myrddin,
A manuscript in several 16th century hands, including that of John ap Rhys, comprising prophecies attributed to Merlin, Taliesin and others; poetry of Tudur Aled; pedigrees; the Divisions of the Lordship of Powys; and the Blessed Oil.
Various dates occur in the manuscript, for example 1541(p. 183) and 1588 (p. 219); other leaves were written temps Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
Barddoniaeth Dafydd ap Gwilym,
Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym by a single scribe dating from the second half of the 15th century. There is also a fragment of material in Welsh relating to the governance of the manors, commotes, hundreds and counties in Wales, together with a list of kings from William the Conqueror to Henry VII, also in Welsh.
There are also three memoranda and letters regarding the manuscript which date from the late 19th century.