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A copy of the fifth edition of the Welsh Church Tune & Chant Book by Thomas Jones, rector of Llanengan, presented by the author to David Lewis, 1866, with manuscript notes by the latter, a translation by William Williams, vicar of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, of a hymn ('Loywaf o'r ser sydd yn britho'r ffurfafen'), and a copy of the hymn 'Paradwys Duw'.

The Congregational Tune Book by Adam Wright, with manuscript notes and Welsh verses added by David Lewis.

The Comprehensive Tune Book by Henry John Gauntlett and William Henry Kearns, with manuscript notes by David Lewis.

Manuscript score (without words) of the English hymn melody 'Regent Square' by Henry Smart, arranged for male voices and orchestra. Includes orchestral parts. Published: Mansel Thomas Trust Ref: MT013.

'George Lewis Davies's Note Book, April 7th, 1832', containing copies of English hymn-tunes.

Manuscript score of an arrangement of 'Easter song', a German Easter hymn melody for men's chorus, composed at Treadam, 7th January 1977. Published Magor: Mansel Thomas Trust, Ref: MT013 [1998?].

Notebook, dated 1823 (watermark 1819), written for Miss Hester Anne Taylor 'by one of her "Neices"' (p. 88).
The volume includes a transcript of a letter from Lady Ann[e] Erskine to an unidentified recipient (pp. 2-30), a sermon (pp. 31-52) and a short narrative on Welsh preaching, including an example of a sermon by Christmas Evans (pp. 53-61), together with hymns and devotional poems (pp. 62-87) by the Rev. John Marriott (pp. 63-71), Hannah More (pp. 72-73), Bishop [George] Horne (pp. 74-75), T[homas] Moore (p. 82), [Joseph] Grigg (pp. 84-85), Mrs [Anne] Steele (p. 86) and [Thomas] Gibbons (p. 87) amongst others. The manuscript is probably associated with the Taylor family of Carmarthen, prominent local Methodists during the first quarter of the nineteenth century (see also NLW MS 13625A).

One of two albums of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century (see also NLW MS 11982D), containing press cuttings, printed matter, and some manuscript material compiled probably by a member of the family of Ffoulkes of Eriviatt, Henllan, Denbighshire.
The press cuttings include obituaries of Sir Frederick Gore Ouseley, canon of Hereford Cathedral, 1889, Edmund Salusbury Ffoulkes, vicar of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, 1894, and Canon Howell Evans, vicar of Rhyl, 1892; accounts of the Ober-ammergau Passion Play, 1870, 1880, 1890; and articles on The Welsh Land Commission, [1894], Welsh Disestablishment, 1893, 'Discovery of Celtic Antiquities in Derbyshire', 1901, and 'New Church Chancel at Buckley', 1901. Among the printed items are hymns to be sung at the funeral of Henry Wynne Ffoulkes, Odd Rode, 1904, a memoir of Charles Butler Clough, M.A., dean and chancellor of St. Asaph, 1860, order of service at the opening of a new organ at Whittington, [1884], the charge of cruelty to a horse against Miss Frances Power Cobbe and her coachman David Evans heard at Barmouth Petty Sessions, 1902, verses to Peirce Wynne Yorke in honour of his attaining his majority, 1847, and a Form of Intercession with Almighty God on behalf of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces now in South Africa (marked with the rubber stamp of St. Thomas’s Church, Rhyl), 1900. The manuscript material includes verses entitled 'Mary's Ghost. A pathetic Ballad', 'Miss Elizabeth Fortescue in Italy' by T. V., 1834, and 'To some Young Ladies going to spend the Spring & Summer at Putney Heath', and a copy of the memorial inscription of Emma, fourth daughter of Capt. Beauchamp Proctor, R.N., and Anne, his wife, who died at Paris in the sixth year of her age, 1827. The volume is indexed (pp. iii-xxvi).

Manuscript orchestral score of 'A hymn to God the Father' (words, John Donne), for baritone and orchestra; together with a score for baritone and a string orchestra, parts for large orchestra and a vocal score. Published Magor: Mansel Thomas Trust, Ref: MT135 [1998?].

Transcripts of monumental inscriptions from the Unitarian graveyard at the foot of Newcastle-hill, Bridgend, Glamorgan, in the autograph of William Davies, Bridgend, together with an autograph covering letter from Davies to George Eyre Evans, 26 May 1903.

Llawysgrifau cerddorol, [1920x1950] David William Jones, yn cynnwys drafftiau o alawganau ac emynau, [?1920au-1940au]; ynghyd â cherddoriaeth gan gyfansoddwyr eraill, [1920au-1940au]. = Music manuscripts, [1920x1950], of David William Jones, comprising mainly drafts of cantatas and hymns, [?1920s-1940s]; together with music compositions by other composers, [1920s-1940s].

Papers of the composer and musician Prof. David Evans, [c. 1896]-[c. 1934], comprising full and fragment scores of choral music, including orchestral and vocal scores, cantatas, anthems, hymn tunes, carols and other sacred music, arrangements of welsh airs, miscellaneous compositions, compositions by other composers, together with miscellaneous material.

Extensive material relating to Welsh bibliography accumulated by, and mainly in the hand of, D. Silvan Evans. It includes a volume entitled 'Bibliotheca Cambrensis. Llyfrofyddiaeth Cymru' ('A[u]ctore Dan. Silvano Evans, Cereticense') (pasted on to the inside lower cover is a holograph letter from the Reverend David Williams, Llanedy Rectory, 1868, giving the entry of baptism of John, son of John Walter, cleric and lexicographer, on 22 August 1721); a home-made notebook entitled 'Llyvryddiaeth Gymreig' (pasted on to the inside lower cover is a note in the hand of Benjamin Williams, ('Gwynionydd')); another home-made notebook entitled 'Emynau detholedig at Wasanaeth yr Eglwys. Rhag. 29, 1862', being a bibliography of Welsh hymnals and relevant source material; copious unbound leaves containing book titles (one of the titles is written on the dorse of a letter from M. A. Lewis, Tredegar Post Office, 1868, requesting the return of the writer's copy of 'Dr. J. D. Rees's Old Grammar'); and letters from John Peter ('Ioan Pedr'), Bala to [Henri] Gaidoz, 1870 (publications not contained in Rowland's work [Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry]), to D. Silvan Evans from W[illia]m Price, Llanffwyst, Abergavenny, 1869 (an addition to Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry), [Robert John Pryse] 'Gweirydd ap Rhys', Bangor, [18]78 (the title of Llyfer Plygain, 1618, transcribed by the writer from a volume examined at the Pengwern [Mostyn] sale in 1874), W[illiam] Rowlands ('Gwilym Lleyn'), Machynlleth, 1862-4 (4) (additions and corrections to [Llyfryddiaeth y Cymru], with references to Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir'), to [Jane] Davies, Penmaen, to W. F. Skene, etc., a request by a local printer to be allowed to print the recipient's edition of the works of [Walter Davies] Gwallter Mechain', the writer's removal from the manse to another house in Machynlleth and subsequently to Oswestry, the reported cataloguing of 'Llyfrfa Coleg Dewi' [the library of St. David's College, Lampeter], the illness and voyage to Australia of the writer's son), and from W[illiam] Spurrell, Carmarthen to [William] Rowlands ('Gwilym Lleyn') at Brynmawr, 1851-2 (2) (the writer's copy of Sion Dafydd Rhys's Welsh Grammar, biography of John Daniel, printer of Carmarthen). Some of the unbound titles are in the hand of Richard Williams (1835-1906), Celynog, Newtown and there is some later and additional material in the hand of J. H. Davies.

Copi teipysgrif o ysgrif gan Waldo Williams yn dwyn y teitl 'Tri Emynydd', un o gyfres Gwŷr llên y ddeunawfed ganrif a'u cefndir.

Copi o gyfrol Peter Williams, Mynegeir Ysgrythurol; neu, Ddangoseg Egwyddorol o'r Holl Ymadroddion yn yr Hen Destament a'r Newydd (Caerfyrddin, 1773, ESTC T116289, Libri Walliae 5397), gyda nodiadau pregeth byr, yn Saesneg, yn llaw [y Parch.] Edmund Leigh, Llanedi, ar y dail rhwymo, [18 gan., ¼ olaf]-[c. 1810] (ff. 2 recto-verso, 4, 5), yn ogystal ac emyn Gymraeg tri phennill, yn cychwyn 'Fy lle pan welwy draw', wedi ei lofnodi gan Leigh a'i ddyddio 'Llannedy July the 2nd 1793' (f. 5 verso). = A copy of Peter Williams, Mynegeir Ysgrythurol; neu, Ddangoseg Egwyddorol o'r Holl Ymadroddion yn yr Hen Destament a'r Newydd (Carmarthen, 1773, ESTC T116289, Libri Walliae 5397), containing brief sermon notes, in English, in the hand of [the Rev.] Edmund Leigh, Llanedi, on the fly-leaves, [late 18 cent.]-[c. 1810] (ff. 2 recto-verso, 4, 5), together with a three verse Welsh hymn, beginning 'Fy lle pan welwy draw', signed by Leigh and dated 'Llannedy July the 2nd 1793' (f. 5 verso).
Mae'r nodiadau yn bennaf ar y testun pechod, gan gyfeirio at Job 42.5-6 (f. 2) a Genesis 42.36 a 45.8 (f. 4). Cyhoeddwyd yr emyn yn Diferion y Cyssegr: Sef Crynodeb o Hymnau a Chaniadau Ysbrydol o Waith Amrywiol Awdwyr (Caerlleon, 1802) (emyn rhif 115) ac yn Casgliad o Hymnau … at Wasanaeth y Methodistiaid Wesleyaidd (1845) (emyn 635, gyda'r teitl 'Ofnau'n ffoi') ond ni enwir yr emynydd yn y nail na’r llall. Ceir ambell i fân gywiriad ac ymylnod, mewn inc a phensil, i'r testun printiedig (ff. 9 verso, 23, 30, 60, 71, 92 verso, 119 verso, 132, 147, 179, 201 verso). = The notes are mainly on the subject of sin, with reference to Job 42.5-6 (f. 2) and Genesis 42.36 and 45.8 (f. 4). The hymn was collected in Diferion y Cyssegr: Sef Crynodeb o Hymnau a Chaniadau Ysbrydol o Waith Amrywiol Awdwyr (Caerlleon [i.e. Chester], 1802) (hymn No. 115) and in Casgliad o Hymnau … at Wasanaeth y Methodistiaid Wesleyaidd (1845) (hymn No. 635, entitled 'Ofnau'n ffoi'), in neither of which is the hymn-writer named. There are a few minor corrections and marginal annotations, in ink and pencil, to the printed text (ff. 9 verso, 23, 30, 60, 71, 92 verso, 119 verso, 132, 147, 179, 201 verso).

Llyfr nodiadau yn cynnwys ysgrif ddrafft gan ac yn llaw Waldo Williams ar y bardd a'r llenor D. J. Williams; a thrawsgrifiadau o emynau a nodiadau ar emynwyr o'r ddeunawfed ganrif yn llaw Waldo Williams. Ceir nodyn yn llaw Dilys Williams, chwaer Waldo, ar glawr y gyfrol.

A volume containing copies in the hand of Philip Thomas of hymn-tunes by David Emlyn Evans, John Evans, Cynogfab, Horatio Richard Palmer, Joseph Parry (2), John Thomas Rees, and Arthur Sullivan.

A volume containing hymn-tunes and folk-tunes together with an index to the tunes, written in a mid-nineteenth century hand (ff. 73-209), bound together with a copy of William Owen, Prysgol, Y Perl Cerddorol... (Caernarfon, 1852) (ff. 7-72). A note in pencil on f. 1, probably in the hand of Philip Thomas, suggesting 'Shenkin Dounie, Harpist, Neath' to have been the scribe is probably an error for John Dounie [Downey], harpist, the Mera, Neath (see E. E. Williams, 'The queen of the Mera', Neath Antiquarian Society Transactions (1979), 6-7). Also included is a printed advertisement for John Ambrose Lloyd, Casgliad o Donau... (1843) (f. 210).