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Llawysgrif yn cynnwys pump cerdd ar hugain, [1795]-[1811] (dyfrnod 1795), yn llaw John Jones (Jac Glan-y-Gors), gan gynnwys tair cerdd ar ddeg nad ydynt, fe ymddengys, wedi eu cyhoeddi (ff. 1-39 verso); dyddiwyd y cerddi 1790-1811. = A volume containing twenty-five autograph poems, [1795]-[1811] (watermark 1795), by John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), thirteen of which are apparently unpublished (ff. 1-39 verso); the poems are dated 1790-1811.
Cyhoeddwyd naw o'r cerddi (ff. 6 verso-8, 16-18, 22-25, 31 verso-35 verso, 36 verso-39 verso) yn Cerddi Jac Glan-y-gors, gol. gan E. G. Millward (Llandybïe, 2003), tt. 26-30, 45-51, 57-58, 69-70, 76-81, 95-97, 137-138; cyhoeddwyd 'Litani Newydd...' (f. 15 recto-verso) ac 'Englynion er coffadwriaeth am Mr David Samwell...' (ff. 20 verso-21 verso) yn y Chester Chronicle, 5 Awst 1796 a 28 Rhagfyr 1798 yn eu tro (gw. Marion Löffler, 'Cerddi newydd gan John Jones, "Jac Glan-y-Gors"', Llên Cymru, 33 (2010), 143-150); cyhoeddwyd 'Cerdd o ymddiddan rhwng J. J. Glan y Gors a Daniel Davies o Gorwen y ngylch Tref Lundain' (ff. 10-12 verso) mewn pamffled, Dwy o Gerddi Newyddion ([Caer]: Thomas Huxley, [?1791]) (JHD 209bii; heb ei gofnodi yn ESTC). Nodwyd ar f. 8 bod 'Cerdd yn dangos meddyliau Morwyn Ieuangc ddydd ei phriodas' (ff. 8-10) wedi ei gyhoeddi yn Llundain ym 1797 ond ymddengys nad oes copi wedi ei gadw. Ceir cerdd arall [?mewn llaw wahanol] ar ff. 128 verso-129. Mae eitemau a ddarganfyddwyd yn rhydd ar gychwyn y gyfrol wedi eu tipio i mewn ar ff. i-iv; yn eu mysg mae rhestr o gynnwys y llawysgrif (f. i), marwnad brintiedig i William Owen Pughe gan John Jones (Tegid), 1836 (f. iii), a chyfres o englynion gan Siôn ap Morgan (f. iv). = Nine of the poems (ff. 6 verso-8, 16-18, 22-25, 31 verso-35 verso, 36 verso-39 verso) appear in Cerddi Jac Glan-y-gors, ed. by E. G. Millward (Llandybïe, 2003), pp. 26-30, 45-51, 57-58, 69-70, 76-81, 95-97, 137-138; 'Litani Newydd...' (f. 15 recto-verso) and 'Englynion er coffadwriaeth am Mr David Samwell...' (ff. 20 verso-21 verso) were published in The Chester Chronicle, 5 August 1796 and 28 December 1798 respectively (see Marion Löffler, 'Cerddi newydd gan John Jones, "Jac Glan-y-Gors"', Llên Cymru, 33 (2010), 143-150); 'Cerdd o ymddiddan rhwng J. J. Glan y Gors a Daniel Davies o Gorwen y ngylch Tref Lundain' (ff. 10-12 verso) was published in the pamphlet Dwy o Gerddi Newyddion ([Chester]: Thomas Huxley, [?1791]) (JHD 209bii; not recorded in ESTC). A note on f. 8 states that 'Cerdd yn dangos meddyliau Morwyn Ieuangc ddydd ei phriodas' (ff. 8-10) was published in London in 1797 but there are no known copies extant. A further poem [?in a different hand] is on ff. 128 verso-129. Items found loose at the beginning of the volume have been tipped in on ff. i-iv; these include a list of contents of the manuscript (f. i), a printed elegy for William Owen Pughe by John Jones (Tegid), 1836 (f. iii), and a series of englynion by Siôn ap Morgan (f. iv).

Diary, 1870-1895, of William Griffith, Coetmor, Pen-y-groes, Caernarvonshire, a deacon at Bethel Calvinistic Methodist church, Pen-y-groes, containing occasional entries, mostly of a religious nature. Also included are transcripts of some twenty poems by William Griffith, written between 1857 and 1891, many of which were published in Baner ac amserau Cymru. Items found loose inside the volume have been tipped in on ff. 16-21.

Literary papers, [c. 1877]-[c. 1915] (watermark 1877, f. 68), of Robert Bryan, poet and musician, including over thirty draft poems, many of which were published posthumously in Tua'r wawr (Lerpwl, 1921); and several prose pieces, including a tribute, [c. 1884], to Thomas Carlyle (ff. 87-96). Many items were written on the dorse of printed advertisements and other material pertaining to the firm of 'Bryan Brothers, General Drapers, Carnarvon', owned by Robert Bryan's brothers, Edward and Joseph, in the 1880s.

Poems, including one entitled 'I Iforiaid Llansawel 1851', and recipes, most of them composed or transcribed by David Evans (Dewi Dawel).

A notebook containing poetry, 1869-1875, by W. C. Evans (Gwilym Caradog), Cwmdu Inn, Talyllychau, some of them written for competitive meetings at Cwmdu, etc.; a note on the history of Talyllychau (Talley) and its abbey; etc.

Copi llawysgrif, [?20 gan., cynnar], mewn llaw anhysbys, o'r awdl 'Iesu o Nazareth' gan Evan Rees (Dyfed), yn cyfateb yn agos i'r testun a gyhoeddwyd yng ngyfrol Dyfed, Gwlad yr Addewid a Iesu o Nazareth (Caernarfon, 1894), tt. 155-220 (ff. 1-13 verso). = A manuscript copy, [?early 20 cent.], in an unidentified hand, of the awdl 'Iesu o Nazareth' by Evan Rees (Dyfed), corresponding closely to the version published in Dyfed, Gwlad yr Addewid a Iesu o Nazareth (Caernarfon, 1894), pp. 155-220 (ff. 1-13 verso).
Mae rhan o'r testun wedi ei gamleoli, a dylai f. 3 (sef diwedd rhan II) ddilyn f. 4 verso. Cynhwysir hefyd gopi teipysgrif o gerdd Dyfed 'Yr Iesu ar y ffynon' (gw. Gwlad yr Addewid a Iesu o Nazareth, tt. 109-110) (f. 14). = Part of the text is displaced, with f. 3 (the end of part II) following on from f. 4 verso. Also included is a typescript copy of Dyfed's 'Yr Iesu ar y ffynon' (see Gwlad yr Addewid a Iesu o Nazareth, pp. 109-110) (f. 14).

A volume, 1911, containing press cuttings and transcripts from printed sources, by O. Llew Owain, of nineteenth-century Welsh ballads and other popular verse.

Letter book, [1841]-1891, of David Evans (Dewi Dawel), also used by him as a minute book for the Glynsanan Benefit Society, Llanfynydd.
The volume contains accounts, minutes and resolutions, [1841]-1870, of the Glynsanan Benefit Society (ff. 1-17, 134 verso, 137-139, 154 verso); summaries, copies and drafts, 1871-1891, of letters sent by David Evans, relating to family matters and his work as a tailor, publican and rate-collector, as well as a few letters by his son, Thomas Morgan Evans (ff. 23-136 verso, 137 verso-147, 148-149); miscellaneous memoranda and accounts, 1869-1886 (ff. 17-22); parts of an essay on the history of Talyllychau, [1890] (ff. 147 verso-148, 150 verso-152; see also NLW MS 9510E); various verses in Welsh, 1890-[1891] (ff. 147, 149 verso-150, 152 verso-154); and a memorandum relating to a ploughing match in Cwm-du, 1878 (ff. 5, 6). Part of a draft letter of condolence, [1876], to the family of the late John Johnes, Dolaucothi, is loose between ff. 17-18.

Miscellaneous poems, [c. 1859]-[1940s], including a hymn attributed to Siarl Marc, written in a mid-nineteenth century hand; two carols [watermark 1859], one of which is by Thomas Hughes, Llanllyfni, Caernarvonshire; an anonymous ballad, entitled 'Explosion gwaith powdwr Penrhyndeudraeth'; a cywydd entitled 'Chwefror', [c. 1917], by J. R. Morris, Liverpool, together with an awdl, probably by the same author, entitled 'Y Nos'; and a Welsh translation, [?1940s], by T. Ifor Rees of Edward Fitzgerald's The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyámm, with a covering letter, 1948, from Rees in Bolivia.

A volume containing autograph poems, mostly pryddestau, and a series of prose dialogues by H. Isgaer Lewis, Caernarfon, entered for competition at National and other eisteddfodau, [c. 1886]-1912.