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Brut y Tywysogion and grammar,
Part of Peniarth Manuscripts Collection
Secular and religious prose and narrative texts by three scribes dating from c. 1330.
The texts include a biblical history (p. 1); Brut y Tywysogion (p. 65), with a continuation from 1282 to 1332 (p. 292); Kyfoesi Myrddin a Gwenddydd (p. 302); and a Welsh grammar (p. 305).
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A manuscript in two parts comprising a transcript of Brut y Tywysogion taken from the Red Book of Hergest.
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Brut y Tywysogion, with sections missing, in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy.
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A version of Brut y Tywysogion by a single scribe dating from the mid-14th century.
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A manuscript of the third quarter of the 16th century comprising Brut y Tywysogion; Brut y Saeson; Bonedd y Saint; Dosbarth Arfau; and the beginning of the Bible in Welsh.
Brutiau'r Brenhinoedd a'r Tywysogion,
Part of Peniarth Manuscripts Collection
A manuscript in the hand of William Cynwal, written after 24th January 1565, comprising Brut y Brenhinoedd from Cadwaladr to Queen Elizabeth and Brut y Tywysogion from Gwrtheyrn to Gwrthenenau, and other texts.
An entry reads: 'Oed Crist pan fu ddrudaniaeth mawr drwy rhan fwya o Gymru 1587'.
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Illuminated pedigree roll entitled 'The Genealogie of the Ancient Family of Brynkire of Brynkire in the County of Carnarvon, deduced from Owen Gwyneth King of North Wales, their Paternal Ancestor to the Year 1696 ...', with later additions in the same hand to 1719.
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A manuscript in the hand of Thomas Wiliems comprising the laws of Hywel Dda; extracts from the White Book of Hergest (Peniarth MSS 4 & 5); charters, including those relating to the inhabitants and free tenants of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Merionethshire and Bardsey; the Lives of Saints; and poetry.
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Fragments of Ach Dewi a Thalm o'i Fuchedd; Buchedd Beuno; Cysegrlan Fuchedd; Ymborth yr Enaid; Ieuan Offeiriad; the Lives of St Margaret and St Catherine; etc. compiled by three scribes of the 14th and 15th centuries.
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Bundles 1 and 2 comprise medical recipes and other texts in English; bundle 3 comprises copies of the wills of Robert Vaughan and Hywel Vaughan, with indentures, bills of complaints and other documents; bundle 4 comprises bills of Madam Vaughan; bundle 5 comprises fragments of poetry, also vocabularies by the Rev. William Wynn; bundle 6 contains a Botanologium, a Treatise on Urine and other texts, [c. 1460]; bundle 7 comprises 16th and 17th century Welsh religious and moral texts; and bundle 8 comprises a collection of medical recipes in English and Welsh.
The fragments range in time from c. 1460 to 1750. Bundles 1, 2 (part ii), 3, 4 and 5 are contained in Peniarth MS 326 i; bundle 2 (part ii) is contained in Peniarth MS 326 ii; and bundles 6, 7 and 8 are contained in Peniarth MS 326 iii.
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A short biographical dictionary by John Jones, Gellilyfdy in his own hand.
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A list of sheriffs of Caernarvonshire from 1540 to 1744, with additions to 1765.
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A calendar, 1596, in the hand of Thomas Evans, giving additional entries to Mostyn MS 88. The manuscript also includes the Compot Manual and texts on astronomy, also in the hand of Thomas Evans.
According to a note on f. 54 this manuscript is a transcript of a manuscript by or belonging to 'E. D.'.
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A calendar in the hand of Gutun Owain, giving additions or variations to the calendar in Mostyn MS 88.
The manuscript is in good condition.
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A calendar and astronomical texts in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy.
Camden's Errors in History Corrected, &c.,
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A manuscript in several hands, including that of Robert Vaughan, comprising Camden's Errors in History Corrected; Jacob Ussher's Antiquities of the British Church; John Leland's Laborious Journey; corrections of the errors in Britannia (1594); and other texts. An envelope contains a loose part of p. 5.
Cantrefi a chymydau Cymru, &c.
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A composite manuscript, its two parts apparently brought together by Thomas Evans of Hendreforfudd.
Firstly pp. 1-230. All, apart from a few later additions, in the hand of Wiliam Dafydd Llywelyn. 'Y modd y mesyrwyd ag y ranwyd ag y rifwyd kantrefydd a chymyday holl Gymry', from 'llyfr meistr Sion Llwyd o Lwyn y Maen yn ymyl Croesoswallt' (pp. 1-5); 'Y tair sir ar ddeg y sydd yn holl Gymry, ay trefydd ay dinessydd ay kymyday ay heglwysydd' [a valuable list of the parishes of Wales, printed in RMWL, I, pp. 911-20] (pp. 5-23); a fragment of Trystan ac Esyllt (p. 24); Disgrifiad Ynys Prydain, etc. [cf. Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1943-4, 35-61] (pp. 25-91); an extract from a Latin lawbook owned by 'Mr Powel' (p. 92); on the 'nations' (pp. 93-102); on the foundation of Oxford colleges, up to 1566 [excluding Jesus, founded in 1571], and Cambridge colleges up to 1557 (pp. 102-7); Dysgread Arfau [see Evan J. Jones (ed.), Medieval Heraldry: Some Fourteenth Century Heraldic Works (Cardiff, 1943)] and a treatise on pigments [both derived from NLW MS 17116] (pp. 109-86); Statud Gruffudd ap Cynan and treatises on cerdd dant, etc. [all from NLW MS 17116, some of them printed from Peniarth MS 147 in Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, 1 (1921-3), 139-56] (pp. 187-215). On pp. 206-17 are Y Pedair Camp ar Hugain, Y Pedwar Mesur ar Hugain and 'Henwau hen wyr wrth gerdd'; other texts include 'Y Saith Gelfyddyd Ryddion' [D. Gwenallt Jones (ed.), Yr Areithiau Pros (Caerdydd, 1934), pp. 69-70; G.J. Williams & E.J. Jones (eds.), Gramadegau’r Penceirddiaid (Caerdydd, 1934), p. 207] (pp. 218-20) and 'Val y gwnaethir mewn ffest reia'’ [BBCS, 15 (1952-4), 116-19] (pp. 223–30). A good collaborating hand contributed two englynion on p. 205. The ink of the scribe is badly faded in places. Marginal additions in smaller script and blacker ink, including those on pp. 10-11 and 14-15 recording traditional lore [printed in RMWL, I, p. 911], are also in the hand of Wiliam Dafydd Llywelyn. There are notes in the hand of David Powel on pp. 82 ('Celwyddeu dybryd') and 84; notes by a good contemporary hand are on p. 43, and by another on p. 53. John Lloyd [?of Llanforda], [16 cent., second ½], added a Latin quotation on p. 78. On p. 3 is an englyn in a good bardic hand and on pp. 6, 15 and 244-5 other englynion, etc. in an untidier hand; the additions of these two hands, [16-17 cent.], are anonymous and probably autograph.
Secondly pp. 231-44. Part of an armorial, with painted coats of arms, arranged by achau’r mamau, in the hand of Simwnt Fychan.
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A manuscript in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy comprising orations by Gwgan, Gruffudd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan and Ieuan Brydydd Hir; a translation of the Travels of Sir John Maundeville; the Prognostication of Dr Powel; and other texts.
The manuscript was written between 2nd June 1605 and 22nd February 1610.
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A collection of texts relating to early British history; pedigrees; Bonedd y Saint; a list of Roman consuls; extracts, etc.
The manuscript is in several hands, including those of J. D. Rhys and Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt. The pages are not always in order as loose pages which had been separated have been joined together again during rebinding.
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A collection of englynion of numerous poets in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy.