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.
Pedigrees and genealogies, including those relating to the five kingdoms of Wales; pedigrees of saints; and a synopsis of Biblical history. The manuscript is written in two hands of the second half of the 16th century, both possibly those of Simwnt Fychan.
Pedigrees and genealogies, including Gwehelyth Deheubarth; poetry of Lewys Glyn Cothi, Tudur Aled, Simwnt Fychan and others, including some englynion in English and Latin; the 'Compownd Manual'; and a text concerning the Caerwys Eisteddfod in 1524. Three scribes were involved in the writing of this manuscript, which dates from the second half of the 16th century.
A collection, second quarter of the 16th century, of love poems of various poets, including Dafydd ap Gwilym, Bedo Brwynllys, Robin Ddu and Tudur Aled. Pp. 163-4 and 217-8 are later insertions.
Poetry of Lewis Glyn Cothi, Guto'r Glyn, Siôn Cent, Tudur Aled, Iolo Goch, Hywel Cilan and others; and the Statute of Gruffudd ap Cynan, with William Salesbury's preface to the text. Also included are two texts relating to Arthur. The first half of the manuscript appears to date from 1576 (p. 1).
Poetry of Guto'r Glyn, Dafydd ap Gwilym and others, and a speech by Iolo Goch, 1573 - [c.1584]. The manuscript is in six different hands: Part a is dated 1573; Part b is the autograph of Simwnt Fychan; Part c was written before 1584; Part d was written about the same time as Part c; both Part e and Part f were written c. 1580.
Two parts of the Romance of Charlemagne written in the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries. The text includes Charlemagne's expeditions to Jerusalem, Constantinople and Spain, and another fragment.
Poetry of Hywel Cilan and others in the hands of two scribes of the second half of the 16th century. The first part of the manuscript, which comprises the poetry of Hywel Cilan, is in the hand of Dafydd Cayo and is dated c. 1553; the second part is in the hand of 'John Williams ap John oGrug ho'l'.
A 16th century manuscript in several hands comprising: compilations of poetry; a concord between Gwynedd, Powys and Deheubarth; the proclamation of the Caerwys Eisteddfod of 1524; the statute of Gruffudd ap Cynan; a Welsh copy of the Book of Fortune; a tract on the treatment of horses; and an English version of the prophecies of Merlin. Pp. 43-6, 66-9, 100-3 are in the hand of Gruffudd Hiraethog and pp. 267-8, 291-310 are in the hand of Simwnt Fychan.
The Romance of Charlemagne as written by Ieuan Ysgolhaig in 1336. The folios have been misarranged in the binding. This text seems to be the prototype of the version in Peniarth MS 5 (White Book of Rhydderch), Peniarth MS 10, and Jesus College Oxford MS 111 (Red Book of Hergest).