A manuscript comprising three Welsh vocabularies: The first vocabulary is not in alphabetical order; the second vocabulary is arranged alphabetically, comprising words beginning with 'B, P, R, S, T, V, W, Y', with references to the Laws of Hywel Dda; and the third is a Latin-English vocabulary. Pp. 2-8 are in the hand of J. D. Rhys (or possibly Thomas Wiliems) and pp. 9-68 are possibly in the hand of Jaspar Griffith. The remaining pages are in different hands.
Texts concerning Welsh grammar; the Statute of Gruffudd ap Cynan; Araith Iolo Goch; and Cysefin Lyfr Geiriau, mostly in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy. The last leaf contains some Latin texts, including a form of Absolution.
A collection, in several hands of the first half of the 17th century, of medical recipes, theological tracts, englynion and other poetry, and astrological texts.
A manuscript in several hands comprising texts relating to herbology, botanology, and Meddygon Myddfai; medical recipes; and the letter and teachings of Aristotle directed to Alexander the Great.
Medical texts and recipes in a hand of the first half of the 17th century. There is a page of notes in the hand of Robert Vaughan (p. 65). The manuscript originally contained 72 folios.
A prose miscellany comprising the Gospel of the Pseudo-Mathew, Transitus Mariae, the Life of St Catherine, the Finding of the Cross and other texts in the hand of Gutun Owain.
Two series of extracts from Scripture in Latin entitled 'Mandata' and 'Consilia Christi'; an English text entitled 'Yis is ye abbey of ye holy gost. Yt is fou[n]ded in a place yt is cleped ye conciens'; a table to find the altitude of the sun; and a diagram of concentric circles showing the positions of hell, the earth, the planets and the heavens.
Two printed books: Giovanni Battista Palatino, Libro ... nel qual s'insegna à Scrivere ogni sorte lettera, Antica, et Moderna ... (Rome, 1547); and Ugo da Carpi, Thesauro de scrittori ... ([?Florence], 1535).
A collection of Welsh poetry compiled by one scribe in the first half of the fourteenth century. The volume includes poems relating to the historical/folklore character Taliesin including poems to Urien Rheged, Armes Prydain Fawr.
The first part of the manuscript consists of a book of medicine and medicinal recipies in the hand of the Reverend Ellis Wynne of Lasynys. The second part is the Book of William Wynne of Lasynys, rector of Llanaber and Llanfair, comprising a collection of poetry.
A manuscript in several late 18th century hands comprising summaries and transcripts of texts from the Book of Llan Dâf and from Jesus College MSS 2 (Llyfr Ancr Llanddewibrefi), 3, 7 and 17. The manuscript also includes a copy of a note book by Robert Vaughan; transcripts of the British Genealogy relating to Wales; topographical notes on Glamorgan and the Gower; and poetry concerning Anrawd and The Wars of Brecknock.
An incomplete text of the 'Brute Chronicle' from Brutus to the reign of Henry V. The first eight folios, containing the 'prologue of Albion' and the beginning of the story of Brutus, are in an earlier hand than the remainder of the manuscript.
A transcript of the Cartulary of the Priory of St John the Evangelist, Carmarthen. The Cartularium S. Johannis Bapt ... printed at Cheltenham in 1865 is derived from this transcript and the title is incorrect.
An incomplete Welsh translation by Richard Owen [? 1552] of Joannes Ludovicus Vives: De institutione faeminae Christiana; 'proffwydoliaeth sibli ddoeth'; a Welsh vocabulary - 'henwau arglwydd', etc.; pedigrees - mythological and biblical, Welsh princes, 'Bonedd y Saint', etc.; accounts for corn and straw, 1589; an incomplete copy of the Welsh version of the Earl of Arundel's charter to the inhabitants of Chirk and Chirkland, 1334; a fragment of a transcript of Brut y Brenhinedd; a letter by John Ley; directions concerning preachers by James I; the assize of arms and tables of precedence; medical recipes; and a fragment of an English play (published in Malone Soc. Collections, vol IX (1977) pp. 24-9) in which the sexton of St Denys Church is a character. The first eight pages are fragmentary.
