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The file, [1890]-[1891], contains articles on 'Facts about hymns' (pp. 2-4), 'Vanishing London' (pp. 14-15), 'Christmas services and rations in the district. Carmarthen. Service at St Peter's' (pp. 35-36), 'Death of Cardinal Newman' (pp. 52-53, 79, 81-83) and 'Cardinal Newman's letters' (pp. 65-67).

A manuscript in the hand of Samuel Williams (c. 1660 - c. 1722), vicar of Llandyfriog, Cardiganshire, containing forty-four sermons translated from or based on several authors e.g. [Simon] Patrick [successively bishop of Chichester and of Ely], [Nicholas] Brady [the elder], [Thomas] Adams, [Friedrich] Spanheim, [George] Smalridge [bishop of Bristol], [Theophilus] Dorrington, Cl[ement] Ellis, [Robert] Bragge [dissenting minister], etc. There is a list of contents at the beginning of the volume, and hymns ('Myfi yw'r Adgyfodiad mawr...', etc.) and metrical psalms by [Edmwnd Prys and] William Middleton have been written on the fly-leaves and in blank spaces at the end of some of the sermons. There are some additions, among them the Lord's Prayer, in the hand of the scribe's son, Moses Williams (1685-1742), vicar of Defynnog. Entries on the back of one of the original covers, also in the hand of Moses Williams, indicate that some of the sermons were preached at Dyvynog [Defynnog] and Cap[el] Ill[t]ud during the years 1728-30.

A commonplace book of Cellan, Cardiganshire provenance, containing sermon notes, household and weaving accounts, 1819-24, hymns, 'englynion', medical recipes, Welsh proverbs, etc. The volume was begun in 1791 by Thomas Griffiths, Tynycoed, Cellan.

A notebook of Jane Hughes, 1830, containing a sermon by Daniel Rowland, 'gynt gweinidog yr efengil yn Llangeitho, a chaplan Duc o Leinster'; hymns; and an account [?by Jane Hughes] of her conversion to Wesleyan Methodism in 1815, with references to religious meetings at Maentwrog, Corwen, Penrhyn[deudraeth], etc., and to the writer's sister Elin Angel.

A commonplace book of the period 1826-8 largely in the hand of Robert Roberts, Tyn y Gors, Hafod Elwy, Nant y glun [Nantglyn], Denbighshire. It includes prognostications of Erra Pater based on the incidence of New Year's Day; receipts and IOU's; hymns; pence multiplication tables; calligraphic exercises; 'penillion telyn' and other free-metre poetry; memoranda relating to Tyn y Gors tithes; a list of sermon texts; astrological diagrams and prognostications based on the phases of the moon and the incidence of thunder ('llywodraieth y lleaud ar gorph dyn ag anifail yn ol ei simudiad trwyr Deuddeng arwudd ynghyd ar nodau' and 'wrth anser [sic] y digwyddo Tranau'); 'englynion' addressed to Peter Roberts; land tax accounts; etc.

Mae'r gyfres yn cynnwys emynau David Bowen a geiriau ac alawon a gasglwyd ganddo ar gyfer ei gyhoeddiadau. Cyhoeddwyd rhai o'r emynau yn Pictwr a Phennill, Emynau Pen y Mynydd, Salmau'r Plant ac yn Llawlyfr Urdd y Seren Fore.

A composite volume containing 'Liber Gestorum Barlaam et Josaphat seivorum Dei . . . ', 'Translatio S. Jacobi [de Compostelia] Apostoli et miracula per eum facta', preceded by the letter of Calistus II, Turpin's 'Chronicle', and prayers and hymns to the Virgin Mary.

Miscellaneous tunes: 'Griddfanau Crist', 'The Emigrant's Lament', 'Tra bo dau, noted by J[ohn] Lloyd Williams', 'Bwthyn bach melyn fy Nhad' (R[ichard] S[amuel] Hughes), hymn-tunes composed by D. Emlyn Evans at Cemmes, February 1909, and 'Lisa Talysarn'; a note on Adpar by Egerton Phillimore, a brief autobiographical sketch by David Lewis, Llanrhystud, 1902, a note by J[ohn] Lloyd Williams on a postcard depicting 'Aelwyd Angharad'; a programme of a 'Concert Gallois' at the 'Théatre Breton'; a sheet from Allgemeine Musik-Zeitung, 1898, containing a portrait and testimonials to D[avid] Ffrangcon-Davies; papers relating to 'The Emlyn Evans Testimonial Fund'; press cuttings including a biographical sketch of A[nne] A[daliza] Puddicombe ('Allen Raine').

Extracts by D. Morgan Lewis from printed sources, entitled 'Old Hymn Tunes, with some historical notes'.

Hymns and a few 'englynion' composed by E. Ceredig Jones and verse and prose extracts made by him from the works of various authors.

A commonplace book kept by Owen containing hymns, 'englynion' and other poems, specimens of different types of handwriting, and miscellaneous transcripts and notes.

The tune book of Jane Rogers, 1824, containing hymn-tunes by Hugh Price, Thomas Evans, Holywell, John Edwards, Llangadog and others.

A collection of hymn-tunes, anthems and glees taken by David Lewis from printed sources, with some additional notes and remarks by the compiler; a transcript of 'Islwyn's [William Thomas] hymn 'Y Nefoedd' taken from Yr Oenig, 1854, and other hymns.

A collection of hymn-tunes, anthems and chorales taken by David Lewis from various printed sources, 1852.

A collection of miscellaneous music copied by David Lewis and others. The collection includes the following anthems and solos: 'The fall of Babylon' by Joseph Nicholds, Penycae, 'Wrth Afonydd Babilon' by E[dward] Stephen[s] ['Tanymarian'], Dwygyfylchi, 'Ac mi glywais lais' by J[ohn] Ambrose Lloyd, 'Flow Gently Deva' by J[ohn Orlando] Parry, 'Awn yn llon' by Rees Lewis ['Eos Ebrill'], 'Mawl a'th erys Di' by Robert Davies ('Cyndeyrn'), 'Yr Agerbair (The Locomotive)' by John Owen ('Owain Alaw'), with words by John Ceiriog Hughes ['Ceiriog']; and hymn-tunes by David Lewis, Job Thomas, Tremadog, David Williams, Cwmbowydd and others.

The tune book of John Lewis, 1857, containing hymn-tunes and anthems copied from several English and Welsh printed sources and from unpublished manuscripts, e.g. the tune 'Bryncleifion', which was awarded a prize at the Mallwyd Music Competition, 1857, from the original manuscript by the author, D[avid] Jones ('Dewi Wyllt'), Mallwyd, and tunes from a manuscript in the possession of William Pugh, Rhydgaled Isaf, Harlech, 1817, 'Llyfr Robert Jones, Ffridd, Harlech, 1848', 'Llyfr John Owen, Glanymor, Harlech', 'MSS. Thomas Jenkins, Corn, Llanychaiarn, 1881'; with notes on authorship and sources by David Lewis. The following note is written at the head of the copy of the anthem 'Dyn a aned o wraig': 'Sef anthem a gyfansoddwyd ar yr achlysur o farwolaeth R. R. Parry, Frondeg, gan Robert Davies (Asaph Llechid) yr hwn a laddwyd yn chwarel Cae-braich-y-cafn, dydd Sadwrn, Awst 28, 1858. A chanwyd yr anthem yn angladd yr Awdwr'.

Six tune books written by David Lewis, Evan Lewis and John Lewis, Llanrhystyd, 1847-1852, and containing hymn-tunes, anthems and songs by David Lewis, D[aniel] T[homas] Williams, J. Hughes, Alltlwyd, J[ohn] Jones, Towyn, R[owland] H[uw] Pritchard, Bala, ('Hiraeth y Cymro yn Lle'r-pwll'), E. Samuel, Racine, John Ambrose Lloyd, C[harles] James, Llanilar, J[ohn] Edwards, Llangadog, William Roberts, Caerfyrddin, M. Thomas, T[homas] Jarman and William Owen. The anthems include 'Y meirw ni folianant yr Arglwydd' by William Davies, Cae'r blaidd, Ffestiniog ('buddugol yn Eisteddfod Ffestiniog, 1854') and 'Gwyn ei fyd a ystyria wrth y tlawd' by John Owen ('Owain Alaw').

The tune book of John Lewis, 1850, containing transcripts of hymn-tunes, anthems and songs, including compositions and arrangements by David Lewis.

The tune book of Lewis Lewis, Tŷ'n lôn, 1815, containing hymn-tunes, anthems and songs by John Williams, D[avid] Harri[e]s, Carno, John Jeffreys, Evan Evans, Caerlleon, John Ffransis [Francis], Rhyd-hir, John Ellis, Llynlleifiad, James Mills, Llanidloes, John Edwards, Llangadog, S[tephen] Llwyd, Abergwaun and Lewis Lewis (the compiler); with some notes on the rudiments of music.

The tune book of David John Lewis, otherwise David Jones, Tymawr, Llanrhystyd, 1777, containing psalm-tunes and hymn-tunes from various sources, including works by John Jeffreys and David Hughes ['Cristiolus Môn']; a few hymns; and farming accounts and memoranda by David Jones, 1785-1819. David John Lewis was grandfather to David Lewis's mother.