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Ystoria Charlymaen, &c.,

Ystoria Charlymaen, &c.,

The Romance of Charlemagne written down by [?Gruffudd Ddu] in the mid 14th century; and a collection of poetry of Gruffudd ap yr Ynad Coch, Guto'r Glyn and others compiled in the 15th - 16th centuries.
The first folios include fragments of indentures and on f. 26b is a representation of Christ on the Cross.

Barddoniaeth,

Barddoniaeth,

A manuscript in the hand of a single scribe, [c. 1621], comprising religious and secular poetry of Guto'r Glyn, Siôn Tudur, Edmwnd Prys and others; an interlude of the Passion; and the Statute of Gruffudd ap Cynan.
Also included is a poem composed by Hywel Bangor for an Eisteddfod in 1577.

Llyfr Du'r Waun,

Llyfr Du'r Waun,

The oldest Welsh text of the Laws of Hywel Dda by two hands dating from the mid-13th century.
There is also a contemporary elegy to Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in a later hand, and a series of provebs, also in a later hand.

Interliwt Troilus a Cresida,

Interliwt Troilus a Cresida,

An interlude in Welsh of Troilus and Cressida, based on Chaucer's text and in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy. Pp. 1-135 were written before 14th February 1613 (p. 119) and the remainder of the manuscript was written in 1622 (pp. 160, 231).

Barddoniaeth,

Barddoniaeth,

Poetry of Hywel ap Syr Mathew, Lewis Môn, Tudur Aled and others in three different hands, [1550x1580].

Records relating to Merionethshire

Records relating to Merionethshire

Notebook entitled 'Extracts from ancient Records principally relating to Merionethshire, and some Pedigrees' in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne. Inscribed 'Peniarth MS No. 44' on p. i.

Wynne, William Watkin Edward, 1801-1880

Philosophical tracts,

Philosophical tracts,

Notes, disputations and discourses on philosophy and logic; a list of questions discussed at Dublin University, 19 April 1599; a short discourse of objections and answers touching the philosophers' stone by Ja: Doueson; etc.

James Dowson [?and others].

Secretum secretorum, etc.,

Secretum secretorum, etc.,

Miscellaneous astronomical treatises, psalms, prayers, and litanies - 'sortes apostolorum que numquam fallunt'; and the 'secretum secretorum' attributed to Aristotle.

Miscellanea,

Miscellanea,

Love poetry; geometrical propositions; notes on Italian grammar; and a text on 'refrayninge the tonge'.

Ancient laws, etc.,

Ancient laws, etc.,

A collection of statutes, writs, and other legal instruments, including the Provisions of Merton, the Statutes of Westminster I and II, the Statute of Merchants, the Statute of the Exchequer, and the Statute of Winchester.

Achau &c.

Achau &c.

Pedigrees, mainly south Welsh or of Welsh historic figures, in the hand of Thomas Gruffydd, with a few short prose texts, also in his hand, including 'Enwau y milwyr' (p. 38), 'Marchogion y vort gron' [see National Library of Wales Journal, 14 (1965-6), 242-5] (p. 39) and 'Arfau y kwnkwerwyr a vyant ymorganwc' [the earliest known text, printed from here in M.P. Siddons, The Development of Welsh Heraldry, 4 vols. (Aberystwyth, 1991-2006), I, pp. 376-9] (p. 46).

Arfbeisiau teuluoedd Cymru

Arfbeisiau teuluoedd Cymru

A pedigree in roundlets, evidently copied from a roll, from Beli Mawr to Cynan ab Iago of Gwynedd, Tewdwr ab Einion of Deheubarth and Bleddyn ap Cynfyn of Powys (ff. 13-23 verso); an armorial in Welsh, of Pum Brenhinllwyth Cymru and other Welsh arms, painted, two to the page (ff. 24-80). All in the hand of Wiliam Llŷn. Above many of the arms in the armorial the name is written in pencil by a contemporary hand, not that of Wiliam Llŷn. On ff. 81 verso-86 verso are additions in the hand of Siôn Cain. Folios 1-12 verso and 87-102 are blank. The index on ff. 103-106 verso is in the hand of Robert Vaughan.

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