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Chronology and history,

A chronological table from the Creation to the reign of Cyrus; and extracts from Mathew Paris: Chronica Maiora and from the Flores Historiarum.

Charms and palmistry,

The manuscript is in two parts. The first part comprises charms, directions on how to make circles, a copy of John Leland's Epigrams, problems, memoranda, Welsh verses, and a list of owners of Welsh manuscripts, apparently compiled by John Jones, Gellilvydy about 1611. The second part is a fifteenth-century treatise on palmistry, with diagrams.

Cerddi serch

Cerddi serch,

A collection, second quarter of the 16th century, of love poems of various poets, including Dafydd ap Gwilym, Bedo Brwynllys, Robin Ddu and Tudur Aled.
Pp. 163-4 and 217-8 are later insertions.

Cerddi o Lyfr Du Caerfyrddin,

The manuscript is divided into two sections: the first comprises poetry taken from the Black Book of Carmarthen; the second comprises Rhandiredd; various indices; and the beginning of a Heraldic Dictionary.
The manuscript is in several hands: pp. 1-28 (part i) are in the hand of Roger Morys; pp. 1-45 (part ii) are in the hand of John Jones of Gellilyfdy; pp. 67-89 (part ii) are in the same hand as Peniarth MS 114; pp. 91-106 (part ii) are in the hand of Robert Vaughan; and pp. 107-8 (part ii) are in the hand of William Maurice of Llansilin.

Cato Construed,

Cato Construed,

Memoranda in Welsh relating to relics of the Crucifixion; a fragment of a play in Latin and English entitled 'Judith'; and a transcript of Cato Construed or A familiar and caste interpretation upon Cato's morall verses first doen in latin and frenche by Maturus Corderius and nowe newly englished to the comforte of all young scolars, printed for Andrew Maunsell in London [? 1584].

Catalogue of Hengwrt manuscripts,

Another copy of W. W. E. Wynne's 'Catalogue of the Hengwrt MSS at Peniarth' (see Peniarth MS 554), with the revised Peniarth manuscript numbers written in the margins and some additional entries by J. Gwenogvryn Evans, 1861-1902.

Wynne, William Watkin Edward, 1801-1880

Catalogue of Hengwrt manuscripts,

A printer's copy in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne of part of his 'Catalogue of the Hengwrt MSS. at Peniarth', which was published in Archaeologia Cambrensis 3rd series, vol. XV (1869), pp. 209-25, 352-78; 4th series, vol. I, pp. 73-100 (see Peniarth MSS 554-555); together with a letter, dated 21 July 1869, from W. W. E. Wynne to the editor of the Archaeologia Cambrensis (f. 73), and three letters, dated 7 May - 15 August 1869, from Robert Williams, Rhydycroesau, Oswestry to W. W. E. Wynne concerning the proof-reading of the text (ff. 74-6).

Wynne, William Watkin Edward, 1801-1880

Catalogue of Hengwrt manuscripts,

A copy of W. W. E. Wynne's 'Catalogue of the Hengwrt MSS at Peniarth' published in Archaeologia Cambrensis 3rd series, vol. XV (1869), pp. 209- 25, 352-78; 4th series, vol. I (1870), pp. 73-100, 324-40; vol. II (1871), pp. 101-39, and 'Catalogue of the Peniarth MSS', 3rd series, vol. VII (1861), pp. 164-8, marked-up with J. Gwenogvryn Evans's revised Peniarth manuscript numbers and with valuations of the manuscripts.

Wynne, William Watkin Edward, 1801-1880

Casgliad o farddoniaeth,

A collection of poetry, triads, etc. in the hand of the Reverend William Wynn.
The text was transcribed from a manuscript at Llanerch. Some pages are loose.

Casgliad o farddoniaeth,

Casgliad o farddoniaeth,

The first part of the volume, written about 1620-1630, consists of poetry by Gruffudd Hiraethog, Tudur Aled and others; the second part is a copy of the greater part of the Black Book of Carmarthen (see Peniarth MS 1) in the hand of Dr John Davies, Mallwyd.

Casgliad o destunau amrywiol,

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.

Casgliad o areithiau,

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.

Cantrefi a chymydau Cymru, &c.

Cantrefi a chymydau Cymru, &c.

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.

Camden's Errors in History Corrected, &c.,

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.

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