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Arithmetical Exercises, &c.

  • NLW MS 2304D.
  • File
  • [19 cent.]

An arithmetical exercise book, with transcripts of 'cerddi' by Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant') and others, transcripts of 'bidding' letters, and miscellanea.

Edwards, Thomas, 1739-1810

Cwrtmawr manuscripts

  • GB 0210 CWRTMSS
  • Fonds
  • 1543-1923 (accumulated [1871]-[1926])

Manuscript collections containing original and transcribed poetry and prose, 1543-[20th century]; religious works, 1611-1914; biographies, chronicles, archaeological and historical notes, works on travel, folklore, recipes, grammars, vocabularies and philological notes, 1673-1900; rent-rolls, parish registers, tithe account books, bidding books, minute books and registers of various societies, 1608-1863; pedigrees and genealogical notes, [17th century]-1871, commonplace books, [18th century]-1904, volumes of press-cuttings; manuscripts in the hand of J. H. Davies, including transcripts of and indexes to Welsh poetry, bibliographical notes, literary and legal extracts, pedigrees, biographical data and notes on place-names, 1891-1923; autograph letters from prominent Welsh literary figures, 1674-1921; autograph manuscripts of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, Dafydd Ellis of Criccieth, Eben Fardd (including diaries, 1836-1859), Peter Williams, D. Silvan Evans, Thomas Richards and Myrddin Fardd.

Davies, J. H. (John Humphreys), 1871-1926

'Diferyn Difyrrwch neu Ganiadau Plygeiniol',

  • NLW MS 4934B.
  • File
  • [early 19 cent.].

'Diferyn Difyrrwch neu ganiadau plygeiniol er coffadwriaeth am ymddangosiad Duw yn y cnawd', being a collection made by G. C. Griffith of 'englynion', 'carolau', and other poems by Robert Hughes (Neuadd y blawd), William Griffith ('Gwilym ab Gryffydd', 1794), John Thomas (Pentrefoelas, 1800), David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifionydd'), G. C. Gryffydd (1816), and Richard Jones (Trefdraeth).

Griffith, G. C. fl. 1816.

Poole family memoranda,

  • NLW MS 21728B.
  • File
  • 1634- [18 cent.].

A composite volume comprising Llyfr Gweddi Gyffredin (Llundain, 1634) lacking title-page, and Llyfr y Psalmau, wedi ev cyfieithv a'i cyfansoddi ar fesvr cerdd yn Gymraeg by Edmund Prys, Archdeacon of Merioneth (Llundain, 1638) with many seventeenth- and eighteenth-century marginal and additional notes in Welsh, English, and Latin. The manuscript additions include a prayer in Welsh (Llyfr Gweddi Gyffredin B8v), verse in Welsh by Ellizabeth Price 'i dyrfa Llandanwg'(ibid 06), englynion by 'H.M.' [Huw Morus] and 'H.E.R.' (ibid Aa1v), a riddle in Latin (ibid Gg7), and entries relating to the births and baptisms of the children of Richard Poole of Tyddin y Felin, Llanfair-iuxta-Harlech, co. Merioneth (f. ii, ibid Mm2v, Llyfr y Psalmau A1v), and of Richard Vaughan, esq., of Corsygedol (f. iv verso).

Barddoniaeth Gymraeg a Saesneg,

  • NLW MS 23940A.
  • file
  • 1829-[1830au].

Cyfrol, 1829-[1830au], o bosib yn llaw un Richard Prichard, yn cynnwys copïau o farddoniaeth Gymraeg (ff. 1-6 verso) a Saesneg (ff. 18 verso-22 verso). = A volume, 1829-[1830s], possibly in the hand of one Richard Prichard, containing copies of poetry in Welsh (ff. 1-6 verso) and English (ff. 18 verso-22 verso).
Mae'r farddoniaeth Gymraeg yn cynnwys tua phedwar deg tri o benillion telyn, ynghyd ag un englyn (f. 1) a hwiangerdd (f. 6 recto-verso); maent yn hysbys o ffynnonellau llawysgrif a phrintiedig eraill heblaw am dri, y rhai sy'n cychwyn 'Gwyn y fyd na fai gyn [?hawsed]' (f. 5), 'Mae gan i gariad yn y Werddon' (f. 5 verso) a 'Dacw dy a dacw dalcen' (f. 6), sydd heb eu canfod. Mae'r farddoniaeth Saesneg yn cynnwys penillion a dernynnau eraill o gerddi gan nifer o feirdd, gan fwyaf o'r unfed ganrif ar bymtheg a'r ail ganrif ar bymtheg, gan gynnwys Sir Charles Sedley (f. 22 verso), George Gascoigne (ff. 20 verso-21), Samuel Daniel (ff. 19 verso-20), Henry Willoughby (ff. 19 recto-verso) a Michael Drayton (f. 18 verso). = The Welsh poetry consists of some forty-three 'penillion telyn', along with a single englyn (f. 1) and a lullaby (ff. 6 recto-verso). These are known from other manuscript or printed sources with the exception of three, those beginning 'Gwyn y fyd na fai gyn [?hawsed]' (f. 5), 'Mae gan i gariad yn y Werddon' (f. 5 verso) and 'Dacw dy a dacw dalcen' (f. 6), which have not been traced. The English poetry consists of verses and fragments from the works of various poets, mostly of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including Sir Charles Sedley (f. 22 verso), George Gascoigne (ff. 20 verso-21), Samuel Daniel (ff. 19 verso-20), Henry Willoughby (ff. 19 recto-verso) and Michael Drayton (f. 18 verso).

Barddoniaeth amrywiol,

  • NLW MS 21702E.
  • File
  • 1663-1994

Barddoniaeth o'r ail ganrif ar bymtheg hyd yr ugeinfed ganrif, gan gynnwys gweithiau gan Alan Llwyd (f. 2), W. J. Gruffydd (f. 14), Richard Davies (Mynyddog) (f. 76), Ray Howard-Jones (ff. 98-104), R. Williams Parry (ff. 106-110), Saunders Lewis (ff. 132-136), Vernon Watkins (f. 146), Harri Webb (ff. 153-154), Katherine Philips (The Matchless Orinda) (f. 158), ac Euros Bowen (ff. 161-169), ynghyd â nifer o feirdd llai enwog a rhai darnau anhysbys. Cynigiwyd rai o'r cerddi mewn cystadlaethau eisteddfodol (ff. 36-51, 53-61, 63, 113-124). Mae nifer o'r cerddi yn llaw y beirdd eu hunain, eraill yn gopïau neu mewn teipysgrif. Ceir hefyd garol plygain, a nodwyd i lawr [?19 gan., ¼ olaf] (ff. 155-157 verso), a llythyr, 1994, oddi wrth Jon Meirion Jones at Dafydd Ifans yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru yn ymwneud â Dafydd Jones (Isfoel) y Cilie (ff. 149-150). = Poetry, seventeenth to twentieth centuries, including works by Alan Llwyd (f. 2), W. J. Gruffydd (f. 14), Richard Davies (Mynyddog) (f. 76), Ray Howard-Jones (ff. 98-104), R. Williams Parry (ff. 106-110), Saunders Lewis (ff. 132-136), Vernon Watkins (f. 146), Harri Webb (ff. 153-154), Katherine Philips (The Matchless Orinda) (f. 158), and Euros Bowen (ff. 161-169), together with many lesser-known poets and some anonymous pieces. Some of the poems were submitted for competition at eisteddfodau (ff. 36-51, 53-61, 63, 113-124). Many of the poems are autograph while others are copies or in typescript. Also included is a plygain carol, noted down [?19 cent., last ¼] (ff. 155-157 verso), and a letter, 1994, from Jon Meirion Jones to Dafydd Ifans at the National Library of Wales regarding Dafydd Jones (Isfoel), Cilie (ff. 149-150).

Llwyd, Alan.