A composite volume mostly in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), containing poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym, Cynddelw, Guto'r Glyn and Ieuan Fardd and others, some of it 'collected by Dr. Davies of Mallwyd ... [and] transcribed from a MS. which belonged to Bp. Humphreys' (see f. 1) (ff. 1-48, 61-155); a History of Owain Glyndŵr 'out of William Morris [Maurice] of Llansilin's book' (ff. 49-59); etc. A letter, 7 September 1792, from Hy Hughes, Pencraig, to 'David' is pasted in at the end of the volume.
A manuscript in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing triads (pp. 1-32); poetry, the poets cited including Taliesin, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Siôn Cent and Gruffydd Dwnn (pp. 33-86, 95-102); a list of Welsh holy (saints') days (pp. 87-90); names of Welsh rivers and their sources (pp. 91-94); etc. The volume also contains an appendix in the hand of D[avid] Ellis, [1787x1788]. The section containing triads is apparently left unfinished as most of p. 32 and the whole of p. 33 are blank.
A volume containing a transcript, 1785, by Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) of Henry Salesbury's Dictionary (pp. 5-152). Also included is an elegy to Evan Evans, [1788], in the autograph of David Ellis (pp. 1-2).
A volume in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing transcripts 'From a MS. of Mr. Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt' (p. 1) and from Jesus College MS 2, including lists of rivers in England, Wales and Scotland (pp. 6-27); brief entries and extracts in Latin, Welsh and English referring chiefly to Welsh princes, bishops and saints, in some instances giving dates and pedigrees which were apparently gleaned from the Book of Llandâf (pp. 29-135); a transcript of 'Teir drut aerfa Ynys Prydain', with a translation and commentary in English (pp. 137-141); etc.
A transcript in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) of a tractate entitled 'Camropismus enervatus et triumphatus per Tyronem quemdam succenturiatum Evangelicae Militiae Cambro-britannum'. The original manuscript was written by William Maurice in 1653 (see f. 66 verso), is mainly Welsh and is strongly Protestant. Maurice wrote the material to combat 'False Doctrine, Altar worship & Holy days' and provides an alternative title of 'Arnodiadau gau athrawiaeth, allordduwiaeth ag uchel-wyl-iaith, y sydd wedi ei daenu hyd y gwledydd dan enw Dr. Gruffydd a Ric: Jervis y Cyfieithydd am hynny o waith tramgwyddus'. This tractate seems never to have been printed and published, despite what appears to be a printer's/publisher's note. There is an interesting reference that reads 'cofiwch Lofft y Grog yn Llan silyn cyn ir sawdwyr dorri'r lluniau'.
Extracts in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), including the notes of Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt, on the History of the Welsh princes, copied from Sir John Price, A Description of Wales (Oxford, 1663) (ff. 1-53 verso, 120-122); material relating to Sir Thomas Wiliems and to his Dictionary (ff. 53c); and extracts from Antony à Wood's Athenæ Oxoniensis (ff. 55-66). The manuscript also contains poetry, the poets cited including Iolo Goch, Tudur Aled and Dafydd ab Edmwnd (ff. 97-119); etc.
A manuscript in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing vocabularies with (sometimes speculative) meanings, including terms taken from Brut y Tywysogion (pp. 69-76), names of fish (pp. 88-91), birds (pp. 93-105), etc., with illustrative quotations from poetry, myth, etc., throughout. Also included are attempts at explaining the origin of the names of rivers and places (pp. 59-68) and the origins of Welsh customs (p. 83), and a Latin-Welsh vocabulary (pp. 77-80).
Transcripts of parts of the White Book of Hergest in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), containing a list of the hundreds and commotes of Wales (ff. 1-5); the Paternoster (ff. 14 verso-20), the Credo (ff. 21-24); Emyn Curic Sant (ff. 25-26); an explanation of the Trinity (ff. 27-28) and of the beginning of the fourth gospel (ff. 29 verso-32); Elucidarium (ff. 33-144); and a summary chiefly of Biblical history (ff. 145-200 verso).
A manuscript containing 'extracts from the Anecdotes of Mr Bowyer', referring to Dr Wotton's edition of the Welsh Laws, etc. (pp. 1-42); and an extract 'from a Pedigree book of Mr. Panton of Plas Gwynn of the gentlemen of Anglesey', with references to the account of Einion ap Gwalchmai (pp. 43-49).
A manuscript in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing a copy of a charter relating to the diocese of St Davids; followed by lists of the archdeacons, abbots, priors, canons and deacons of St Davids.
A manuscript in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing 'Archbishop Usher's Copy of Gildas Nennius transcribed from Llannerch Library' (ff. 1-74); 'Gilda Minor' (ff. 81-83) and a treatise in Latin on the Welsh bards (ff. 85-106).
Twelve booklets containing transcripts, [1772x1787], by Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) from various printed and manuscript sources relating to the history of Wales, including letters from Dr John Davies of Mallwyd to Sir John Wynn and Owen Wynn of Gwydir in relation to Dr Thomas Williams's dictionary; letters from Robert Vaughan to Sir Richard Wynn and Sir Owen Wynn; an account of Merioneth by Robert Vaughan; 'Cywydd marwnad Huw Morus'; and a 'carol plygain' by Edward Samuel. Transcribed in part from a book published in MDCCLXXII [1772] (p. 6).
A transcript [?in the hand of Evan Evans] of 'Memoirs By Sir John Wynne of Gwydir', taken from the 1683 copy by Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaeth which itself was 'transcribed from a copy belonging to Sir Morris Parry of Llan-Elian clerk in the year 1674' [probably the volume now NLW MS 23289B] (pp. 78-79).
A volume containing copies in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) of a catalogue of manuscripts at Hengwrt (ff. 2-22 verso); and two catalogues of the library of William Maurice at Cefn y Braich, Llansilin, the first being Maurice's own catalogue (ff. 32-34 verso), the second a later catalogue (ff. 35-36). The Hengwrt catalogue is a copy of that in the hand of William Maurice, dated 1658. A note by Evan Evans concerning the Cefn y Braich catalogues is on f. 34 verso.
A composite volume, in the hand of Evan Evans, containing notes on Nennius and Gildas, which include twelve triads in Welsh, copies of letters to Archbishop Ussher from Robert Vaughan, Edward Brownker and Gerard Langbaine, together with extracts from a letter from Archbishop Ussher to William Camden (ff. 1-89); pedigrees of rulers and saints (ff. 92-121, 124-132), with copious notes regarding the sources of the texts; poetry by Guto'r Glyn (f. 122); a copy of a charter of Rhos Fynach, Conwy (ff. 145- 147); etc.
A composite volume in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing notes on the Statute of Rhuddlan by Lewis Morris (pp. 1-11); Welsh poetry with Latin translations (pp. 12-32) and further Welsh poetry, by Iolo Goch, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Guto'r Glyn, Hywel ap Dafydd ab Ieuan ap Rhys (Hywel Dafi) and others (pp. 237-408); notes on musical notation (pp. 33-84) and on 'the music of the antient Britons' (pp. 90-99); a poem to 'J. W. Parry or twr gwyn' by Goronwy Owen (pp. 85-89); a list of manuscripts at Hengwrt in 1738, including Dr John Davies's Dictionary (p. 100); 'Vocabula Gallica' (pp. 101-116); chronicles, including an account of the British Princes by Bishop Humphreys (pp. 117-140) and a copy of 'Llyfr W. Llyn' (pp. 409-428); 'Gosodiad, Mesureu, Rhyfeddodeu etc. Ynys Brydein' (pp. 141-190); and 'The Saxon Heptarchy' (pp. 191-236); etc.
A composite volume mostly in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing a copy of Sir John Wynn's History of the Gwydir Family, taken from a transcript made by Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaith (ff. 1-74); extracts from papers of Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt (ff. 75-86); lists of manuscripts at Gwydir and Llannerch (ff. 89 verso-94, 185) (for the Llannerch manuscripts see Cambrian Register, Vol. i, p. 320, etc.); poetry by Siôn Cent, Tudur Aled, Siôn and Gruffydd Phylip and others (ff. 95-153, 190-203); a pedigree of the Panton family (ff. 186-189); copies of letters from Edward Lhuyd to Robert Davies, Llannerch (ff. 204-219), and of a letter from Thomas Price, Llanfyllin to Robert Davies, Llannerch (ff. 220 verso-225); extracts; etc.
