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Oak boards and their tanned leather covers, the boards possibly medieval in date, removed from the Hengwrt Chaucer (Peniarth MS 392) before the manuscript was rebound in 1956.

The set of historical texts: Ystoria Dared (ff. 1-17, cols 1-66); Brut y Brenhinedd (ff. 17 verso-89, cols 67-441) and Brut y Tywysogion (ff. 89 verso-143, cols 443-665); followed by Brut y Saeson (ff. 143-145 verso, cols 665-76), breaking off abruptly in the year 979. All are very close to the corresponding texts in the Red Book of Hergest [see Brut y Tywysogyon: Red Book of Hergest Version, ed. and trans. Thomas Jones (Cardiff, 1955), pp. xxviii-xxix, and Studia Celtica, 12/13 (1977/78), 176]. All are written in two columns by the Red Book scribe, X91, with 2- and 3-line initials in red. Lacunae due to the loss of leaves 1 and 10 in quire 5, the whole of original quire 9, leaves 5 and 6 of quire 17, and the final quire. On the erratic foliation, see below; J. Gwenogvryn Evans numbered the columns allowing, however, in his numeration for the columns that would have been in lacunae. The text of the original f. 1 made good by a hand of [16-17 cent.] on a supplied leaf (f. 1). Headings in textura by a hand of [15 cent.] (e.g. ff. 59 verso, 87); annotation and textual correction by several hands of [15 cent.] and [16 cent.] (e.g. ff. 41 recto-verso and 93, ff. 79 and 82, ff. 94 verso and 114 verso, f. 56, f. 123 verso, ff. 127 verso and 135 verso). Rebound in [16-17 cent.]; at this rebinding quires were signed I-XVII, skipping a number somewhere between VII and XI (= quire 10).

The Welsh version of the Grail legend, translated from the French. One of the best preserved of medieval Welsh manuscripts. The text comprises: ‘Y keis’, derived from La Queste del Saint Graal (ff. 1-109 verso), printed from this manuscript in Ystoryaeu Seint Greal, ed. Thomas Jones (Cardiff, 1992), followed by the Welsh version of Perlesvaus (ff. 110-280 verso). The junction is recorded on f. 109 verso: ‘Ac uelly y teruyna y rann gyntaf or greal. nyt amgen nor keis. Bellach dywedadwy yỽ o rann gwalchmei. ac o anturyeu y milwyr ual y kyfaruu ac ỽynt’. The only lacuna in the text is in quire 18 (see collation). The text of both parts is printed in Y Seint Greal: Selections from the Hengwrt MSS, ed. Robert Williams (London, 1876). All written in the hand of Hywel Fychan ap Hywel Goch, no doubt for his patron, Hopcyn ap Tomas, probably earlier than Jesus College Oxford, MS 111 (datable post-1382), since the awdl by Dafydd y Coed in that book refers to Hopcyn’s book of the Greal.

The Elucidarium in English and Welsh; the Apostles' Creed; the Pater Noster, with commentary upon it translated into Welsh, and other religious texts; and a fragment of the White Book of Rhydderch containing triads, bonedd y saint, englynion and proverbs.

Transcripts from the Red Book of Hergest of Geoffrey's Historia, Bown of Haptwn and various poetry; glossaries for William Morgan's translations of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, William Salesbury's Mathew, Mark and Luke (1567), and for the Laws of Hywel Dda; a letter from William Mydleton to Dr John David Rhys (1582); and an account of the giants of Wales; also included are pedigrees, in several hands.
The main hands are those of Dr John David Rhys and William Middleton. Sections of the manuscript were written by clerks under the direction of Dr John David Rhys (see Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), 718-726 for more details).

Pedigrees and heraldry mostly in the hand of William Llŷn, with entries also by Gruffudd Hiraethog (pp. 75-88, 219-32), Rhys Cain (pp. 154, 177-90, 210-2, 263-4, 284, 411-17) and Simwnt Fychan (pp. 191-2) and at least three unidentified scribes. There is also a table in the hand of Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt (p. 418).

An early 15th century elucidation of the Law of Hywel Dda, in various orthographies.

The manuscript is divided into two sections: the first comprises poetry taken from the Black Book of Carmarthen; the second comprises Rhandiredd; various indices; and the beginning of a Heraldic Dictionary.
The manuscript is in several hands: pp. 1-28 (part i) are in the hand of Roger Morys; pp. 1-45 (part ii) are in the hand of John Jones of Gellilyfdy; pp. 67-89 (part ii) are in the same hand as Peniarth MS 114; pp. 91-106 (part ii) are in the hand of Robert Vaughan; and pp. 107-8 (part ii) are in the hand of William Maurice of Llansilin.

A 17th century manuscript comprising poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym, William Llŷn and many others.

Poetry of various poets of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries copied mostly by the Reverend David Ellis.
At the beginning of the manuscript there are seven poems of Rice Jones.

A modern transcript by Richard Thomas of Gossymdaith Llefoed Wynebclawr, Englynion yr Eryr, Englynion y Clyweid, Eiry mynydd, Cyvoessi Myrddin and others; and Englynion y Beddau from the book of Sir T. Williams, which was compared with a book by W. Salesbury of Llanrwst, 1776.
The first 54 pages contain the text, followed by 26 blank pages; after which there is a sketch of Isallt, near Penmorfa, which was the home of Dr Gruffudd Roberts in 1782.

Two documents relating to Corwen church: the first is an extract from the Red Book of St Asaph concerning the taxation of the church in 1291 and 1542, and certified by the bishop in 1597, the certificate having been issued at the request of Humphrey Ednevet, vicar of Corwen; the second document is dated 1542.

A collection of religious texts in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, including accounts of the Crucifixion and Trial; the Finding of the Cross; Yr Olew Bendigaid; Purdan Padrig; and Ymryson yr Enaid a'r Corff.