- NLW MS 4502B
- File
- [1830x1869]
Part of Talhaiarn Manuscripts
'Cerddi', 'penillion telyn', 'englynion', etc., most of them transcribed by 'Talhaiarn'.
Part of Talhaiarn Manuscripts
'Cerddi', 'penillion telyn', 'englynion', etc., most of them transcribed by 'Talhaiarn'.
Part of Rhuddenfab Manuscripts
Poetry and hymns by 'Rhuddenfab'.
Part of Panton Manuscripts
A volume containing transcripts by Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) of early Welsh poetry.
Part of Panton Manuscripts
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.
Ellis, David, 1736-1795
Part of Nefydd Manuscripts
A miscellaneous collection of records mainly relating to Wales compiled towards the middle of the seventeenth century. -- The manuscript begins on page 53 with extracts from 'Llyfr Coch Asaph', with the additions from the hand of William Bullocke, as in Peniarth MS 231 - a manuscript written by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt, and most probably the immediate source of the Nefydd version; the 'summa' of 'Llyfr Coch Asaph' compiled in 1602, which is also contained in Peniarth MS 231, as well as the list of contents of another St. Asaph record - the 'liber pergamenus' which is now deposited with the Church in Wales records at the National Library; a transcript of a record of proceedings on a writ of quare impedit brought by the Prince of Wales against Howel Gymen and a hundred and seventeen others, touching the advowson of a prebend in the collegiate church of Holyhead ('prebenda de Castro Keby') supplied by 'Mr. Ellice the Councellor'; a collection of historical records relating to Wales taken directly from the hand of Robert Vaughan in Peniarth MS 236; a transcript of the 'Historia Britonum' of Nennius, copied out of a book given to John Selden by William Camden, compared with a version in 'Oxford Library' under the name of 'Gilda Minor', and ending with an extract from a Cottonian manuscript (pp. 245-88); a copy of the statutes of Chester Cathedral, temp. Henry VIII (pp. 289-310); 'Ymrafaelion henwau Ynys Brydain', etc. - seventeen chapters of pseudo-history and description of the Isle of Britain (cf. slightly different versions in Peniarth MSS 163 and 215), with a supplement containing accounts of place-names not included in the main text, a reference to the earthquake of 1574/5, the wonders of Scotland and Ireland, the conversion of the various British nations to Christianity, and 'y naw helwriaeth', 'mesurau cerdd dant', and 'trioedd mab y krinwas' (pp. 312-49). -- At the end of the volume are a number of documents relating to Cheshire and Flintshire - a note of entail of Flintshire lordships, Flintshire rents of assize, the customs of Dee mills and other records taken from a book of Edward Whitby, recorder of Chester, and a transcript of Robert Vaughan's copy of the fealty roll of the Prince of Wales, 29 Edward I .
Bullocke, William
Part of Meredith J. Hughes manuscripts,
Notes on Welsh place names by Meredith J. Hughes, arranged alphabetically, with extracts from Welsh poetry.
Part of Lewis Morris Manuscripts
'The Poetical work of Will Tifu commonly called Wm. Morris the son of the late Llewelin ddu o Fôn (alias) Lewis Morris Esq'. Most of the matter is of North Cardiganshire interest.
Morris, William, 1758-1808
Part of John Davies Manuscripts
Transcripts by John Davies of poems from manuscripts and ballads in the University College of Wales collection.
Part of Ioan Pedr manuscripts
'Trysorfa Gyffredin', a miscellany containing extracts from John [or Siôn] Rhydderch: Grammadeg Cymraeg ... (Mwythig, 1728); copies of 'englynion' in the churchyards of Dolwyddelan, Llangower, Llanuwchllyn, Llanfor, Llandrillo, Glyn Caerog, Llantysilio and Rhewl (Dyffryn Clwyd); poems by John Page ('Ioan [Glan] Dyfrdwy') and Charles Saunderson ('Siarl Wyn o Benllyn'); lecture notes; etc.
Part of Henry Owen Manuscripts
Awdlau and cywyddau to George Owen, transcribed partly by J. Gwenogvryn Evans from Llanstephan MS 38, with English summaries of them by J.H. Davies.
Evans, J. Gwenogvryn (John Gwenogvryn), 1852-1930
Part of Gwrtheyrn Manuscripts
A miscellany containing press cuttings, poems, including some by Gwrtheyrn, etc.
Part of Gwrtheyrn Manuscripts
Transcripts of 'cywyddau' etc., by Bedo Hafesb, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llewelyn, and others, together with translations of some poems; a list, compiled by Robert Stephens, of poems by Bedo Hafesb; and letters to Gwrtheyrn from Robert Stephens.
Stephen, Robert, 1878-1966
Part of Gwrtheyrn Manuscripts
Four volumes containing transcripts of 'cywyddau' and other poems, some of them copied from a Lewis Morris manuscript which belonged in 1913 to J. C. Evans, headmaster of the Bala Grammar School; three undated letters written to Gwrtheyrn by J. H. Jones, editor of Y Brython; and miscellanea.
Part of Gwrtheyrn Manuscripts
Transcripts of some of the poems published by 'Cymdeithas Llên Cymru'.
Part of Gwen John manuscripts
Exercise book, [c. 1903]-[c. 1904], of Gwen John containing notes on art history and related subjects together with transcripts of verse and prose in English, Welsh and Romani.
Part of Fforest Legionis Manuscripts
A transcript of poems by Richard Williams ('Dic Dywyll'), ballad singer.
Williams, R. (Richard), fl. 1790?-1862?
Part of Fforest Legionis Manuscripts
Adjudications on essays and poems submitted for competition at the Ebenezer, Aberafan, eisteddfod, 1856.
Part of Fforest Legionis Manuscripts
'Cofiant, ynghyd a gweithiau barddonol, y deweddar Mr. [James] Watkin Davies (Watcyn Rhys y Gwaudd), Ystradfellte', written by 'Eryr' for the Pontneddfechan eisteddfod, 1910, with transcripts of additional poems and some letters relating to the poet.
Part of Fforest Legionis Manuscripts
A collection, made by Ebenezer Williams ('Gwernyfed', Merthyr Tydfil, died 1913), of penillion, 'tribannau', and ballads, mainly of Glamorgan and Brecknockshire interest, with three letters from 'Gwernyfed' to Edmund J. Jones.
Williams, Ebenezer N., 1843-1913
Part of Fforest Legionis Manuscripts
'Yr Awen Afrywiog - sef Casgliad o hen Ganiadau Moesol - Digrifol a Serch - o waith yr hen Brydyddion. Gan [Isaac] Craigfryn [Hughes]', 1907.
Hughes, Isaac Craigfryn