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Dafydd ap Gwilym, active 14th century Welsh poetry -- 1100-1400 English
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Adysgrifau 'Manoethwy',

A composite volume of transcripts in the hand of Owen Jones ('Manoethwy'). The contents include 'cywyddau', 'awdlau', 'englynion', 'carolau' and 'cerddi' by Ifan Tew Brydydd, Hari ap Howel alias Harri Hir, Wiliam Cynwal, Sion Tudur, Morus Dwyfech, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Sr. Dafydd Llwyd Ysgolhaig, Llywelyn ap Gytyn, Guto'r Glyn, Hywel D'd Bevan ap Rhys ('o Sir Fon'), Rhydderch ap Sion, Dafydd Nanmor, Rhys Goch o Eryri, Huw Arwystl, Morys ap Ifan ap Einion ('Morus Dwyfach Medd MS arall') Sr. Dafydd Trefor ('Dr. John Kent ... Medd MSS M.P.', 'Sion Dafydd Trefor ... Medd MSS L.O.'), Howel ap Reinalld, Mredydd ap Rhys, Gruffudd D'd ap Howel, Rhisiart ap Howel Da 'Beinion, Bedo Phylip Bach ('Rhai a ddywaid mae Deio ap I'n Du ai Cant... '), Huw Pennant, Sion y Kent, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Edward Maelor '('Mae'n debig mae Edward ap Rhys Maelor ydyw Hwn... '), Dafydd ap Gwilim, Iolo Goch, Simwnt Vychan, Sr. Huw Jones ('Vicar Llanfair ynyffryn Clwyd'), Tudur Aled, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llew ap Gruff., Sion Brwynog, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Taliesyn Aneurin G[wawdrydd], Maer Glas ('medd rhai'), Robin Ddu, Owain Twna, Dafydd Gorllech, Ifan Brydydd Hir, Edward [ap Rhys], Ie : Dyfi, Llywelyn ap Owain, Thomas Prys ('o Blasiolyn Esquire'), Edmund Prys, G[ruffydd] Philip, W. Elias (1730), Owain Gruffydd, Gruffydd Nannau (1654), Owain Gwynedd, Thomas Owen (1730), William Llyn, Tudur Penllyn, Huw Kae Llwyd, Llywelyn Goch Amheurig Hen, Edward Davies (Rhiwlas), Rich. Abram, Moris ab Evan ab David, Cadwaladr Roberts (ab Robert), Dafydd ab Sienkin, Richard [Davies] ('Esgob Dewi'), Ragiar [sic] Kyffin, Huw Morys, Arthur Jones (1734), Mathew Owain, Ellis Cadwaladr, Moris Rhobert ('o Sir Feirionydd'), Thomas Davies ('o Sir Drefaldwyn'), Robert Cadwalad[r] ('o Blwy Pennant'), Richd. Thomas D'd ('o Sir Fon'), Richard Ffoulkes, John Edwards, John Hughes, Moris ab Evan ap Dafydd ('o Lanoge'), Sion Ffoulke, Sion ab William Griffith ('o Lanfihangel ... '), Sion Phylip, G[ruffudd] Leiaf, D. Sion, W[iliam] Phylip, Rhisiart Philyp, H. ab Evan, [John Davies] 'Sion Davydd Las', Lewis Owain, Morgan Dafydd, Edwart Morris and Robert Klidro, and anonymous poems; 'englynion', etc. by contemporary poets, largely of the Richards (Darowen) circle of friends e.g. John Evans ('Ioan Maelor'), W[alte]r Davies ('Gwallter Mechain'),' R[ober]t Davies ['Bardd Nantglyn'], 'G. Brwynog', R[owland] P[arry] (Carndochan), H. K. (1851), Phoebe neu Eunice Jones (Llynlleifiad), [Peter Jones] 'Pedr Fardd', [William Edwards] 'Gwilym Padarn', [Morris Jones] 'Meurig Idris' and J. Blackwell ('Alun'), and anonymous poems; 'Sidanen Or a Song in Praise of the Glorious Queen Elizabeth' by Edward ap Rhys Wynne ap William Prys of Clygyrog, 'The meritorious gratulation of Esqr. Strangways to Llangedwyn ...' by John Davies, and anonymous English poems; prose texts, in some cases two copies, of 'Tri thlws ar ddeg o Frenindlysau Ynys Brydain ... ', 'Drygioni Medd'dod', 'Dewis bethau Howel lygad Cwsg', 'Trws'neiddrwydd Gruffydd ap Adda ap D'd', 'Achau Llewelyn ap Gruffydd y Tywysog diwaethaf o'r Cymru', 'Ymddiddanion ffraethion Cynhengras a fu rhwng y Pawn bach o Wickwair yn y Rhôs Is Conwy a Gwgon o Gaer Einion y Mhowys. A elwir yn gyffredin Araith Wgon', 'Cronigl Cymru a Lloy(e)gr yn amgyffred fal y treuthir isod' (with an additional 'narration' by Rice Jones), 'Taliesin a'i traethodd', 'Rhwng Merddin a Gwenddydd ei chwaer' and 'Merddin a Gwenddydd', 'The Most noted Poems in Mr Bulkeley of Brynddu's Collection' (now NLW MS832); 'An account of the wages paid the workemen for raissing a fence upon Ceiriog under Pentre gwyn a Tenem[en]t of the Hond. John Myddelton Esqr.', with a covering letter from Richd. Ffoulkes (transcribed from Cwrtmawr MS 222, p. 57v.); a power of attorney from Oliv[er] Thomas, Shrewsbury, yeoman to John Thomas Rees, Llanymowthwey, Merioneth, yeoman, 1674 (original in Cwrtmawr MS 222, p. 61) and a letter relating thereto from Robert Vaughan, Salop to John Thomas Rees (original in Cwrtmawr MS74, No. 3); records of the births and baptisms, 1712-33 [at Llansilin], of the children of Richard Ffoulkes (original in Cwrtmawr MS 222, p. 60v); transcripts of fifty-nine letters of Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain'), 1793-1831 and undated, largely addressed to Thomas Richards at Berriew and Llangynyw; a prospectus, 1793, of 'Celtic Remains' in two volumes, the first by 'the Late Lewis Morris Esq.' and the second by Walter Davies, All-Souls College, Oxford; letters largely to Thomas Richards, Berriew and Llangynyw or David Richards ('Dewi Silin') from Peter Bayley Williams, Llanrug, 1828, John Jones ('Tegyd'), Christ Church, Oxford, 1819-22 and undated, W[illiam van Mildert] bishop of Llandaff, 1822, D. Davies, Chester, 1825, Wm. Owen Pughe, London, 1812-19, Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), Llangybi, 1824, Robt. Parry ('Robyn Ddu Eryri'), 1824 and undated, Tho. Jones, Long Acre, London, 1825, W. Owen ('Eos Glan Hafren'), Newtown, 1824, John Roberts, Tremeirchion, 1822, Robt. Davies ['Bardd Nantglyn'], 1825 and undated, and A[neurin] Owen, [Nantglyn], 1821; a list of titles and first couplets of the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym; 'Llyma henwe y 24 brenin or brutanied... ' (originally from a manuscript of William Thomas, Llanallgo). Inset at the end of the volume are transcripts of Montgomeryshire pedigrees, etc. Much of the material in the volume has been transcribed from other volumes now in the Cwrtmawr Collection (e.g. MSS 200, 222, 242 and 243) and there are references to such sources as 'un o lyfrau Maesglas Mallwyd' (transcribed in 1857) (p. 269), a manuscript in the hand of Robert Arthur (p. 342), 'Llyfr ym meddiant Lowri Jones' (p. 380), etc. A note pasted on the inside of the upper cover states 'This Vol. was copied by Owen Jones (brother of Myrddin Fardd) from a MS Vol. ... in the handwriting of Lewis Morris [Cwrtmawr MS 200] now at Bryntanad, Llanerfyl Montgomerys[hire] (Richards) E. Breese'. Owen Jones was for a short time a private tutor at BrynTanad (see The Dictionary of Welsh Biography). The spine is lettered 'Mannoethwy MSS'.

Barddoniaeth

A seventeenth century transcript of 'cywyddau' and other poetry by Edmwnd Prys, John Havard ('o lanyspyddaid'), Tudur Aled, Simwnt Fychan, Siôn Tudur, Robin Dyfi, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Sion Fychan (Caethle), Robin Clidro, Richard Phylip, Huw Arwystli, Siôn M[a]wddwy, Sion Celli, Syr Huw Roberts, Sion Cent, Sion Phylip, David Jones, Ffowc Prys, Sion Cain, Thomas Prys, Huw Llwyd (Cynfal), Richard Elis, Sion Gibbs ('gyfraithiwr ludlo'), John Davies (Mallwyd), Morys ab Ieuan ab Einion, Dafydd Nanmor, Iolo Goch, Wiliam Llŷn, Owain Gwynedd, Syr Lewis Meudwy, Syr Phylip o Emlyn, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Bedo Brwynllys, Ieuan Dew Brydydd, Syr Robert Myltwn, Bedo Hafesb, Syr Rhys o Garno, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Gruffudd Phylip, Robin Ddu and Gruffudd ap Dafydd Fychan.

Barddoniaeth

A seventeenth century transcript of 'cywyddau' by Rhys ap Rhys, Ieuan Brechfa, Syr Dafydd Trefor, Tudur Aled, Lew[y]s Môn, Siôn Tudur, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Huw Talai, Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal, Dafydd ap Hywel ab Ieuan Fychan, Ieuan Deulwyn, Robin Ddu, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Mathew Brwmffild, Guto'r Glyn, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Rhys Degannwy, Dafydd Nanmor, Gruffudd ap Gronw Gethin ('o lanvair talhayarn'), Wiliam Llŷn, Syr Owain ap Gwilym, Lew[y]s Morganwg (Llywelyn ap Rhisiart), Llawdden, Ieuan Gyfannedd, Dafydd Baentiwr, Gruffudd Gryg, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Gutun Owain and Dafydd Cowper.

Barddoniaeth

A transcript by William Jones ('Bleddyn'), Llangollen of 'cywyddau' and 'englynion', etc. by Gwerful Mechain, Hywel Dafi [Hywel ap Dafydd ab Ieuan ap Rhys], Sion ap Philpot, Robert ap Dafydd Llwyd, Gruffudd Leiaf, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Sion ap Hywel ap Tudur, Huw Cae Llwyd, Lewis Daron, Bedo Brwynllys, Syr Rhys o Gar[no], 'Twm o'r Nant' [Thomas Edwards], 'Person Llangwm', Tudur Aled, Morys ap Hywel ap Tudur, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Huw Llwyd Cynfal, Ieuan Dew Brydydd, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Richard Cynwal, Huw Machno, Syr John [Sion] Leiaf, [Sir] Huw Pennant, Rhys Nanmor, Sion Dafydd Lâs [John Davies], Syr Dafydd Owain, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Hywel Cilan, Sion Tudur, Lewis Môn, Hywel Gethin, Ieuan ap Gruffudd Leiaf, Watcyn ap Rhisiart, Hywel ap Rheinallt, Mathew Brwmffild, Guto'r Glyn, Watcyn Clywedog, Wiliam Llŷn, Wiliam Cynwal, Simwnt Fychan, Ieuan Llafar, Thomas Prys, William Vaughan, Huw Arwystli, Sion Phylip, Richard Phylip, Ieuan Dyfi, Lewis Menai, Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy, Llywelyn ap Gutun, Madog Leiaf and Ieuan ap Rhydderch, with 'englynion' by Dafydd Nanmor, Cadwaladr Ces[ai]l, Huw Ifan ap Huw ('o'r Brynbychan') and Siôn Ifan.

Barddoniaeth

A seventeenth century transcript of 'cywyddau' and 'awdlau' by Huw Machno, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Sion Cent, Sion Tudur, Dafydd Nanmor, Iolo Goch, Tudur Penllyn, Guto'r Glyn, Tudur Aled, Ieuan Deulwyn, T[h]om[a]s Derllys, Robert Leiaf, Wiliam Llŷn, Sion Brwynog, Robin Ddu, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Lewis Daron, Owain Waed Da, Hywel Cilan, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Rhys Goch Eryri, Sypyn Cyfeiliog, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Ieuan ap Tudur Penllyn, Lew[y]s Morganwg (Llywelyn ap Rhisiart), Deio ab Ieuan Du, Bedo Brwynllys, Wiliam Cynwal, Huw Arwystli, Mor[u]s Dwyfech (Morus ap Dafydd ab Ifan ab Einion), Bedo Phylip Bach, Sion Phylip, Maredudd ap Rhys, Lew[y]s Môn, Ieuan ap Gruffudd Leiaf, Richard Phylip, Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy, Ieuan ap Rhydderch ab Ieuan Llwyd, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Llywelyn ap Gutun [ap Ieuan Lydan], Sion ap Robert ap Rhys, Dafydd Benfras, Bleddyn Fardd, Edmwnd Prys, Gwilym ab Ieuan Hen, Syr Dafydd Trefor, Gruffudd Phylip, Ifan Llwyd (Gwaun Eingian), Edwart Ifans and Rhys ap Robert ap Hywel; 'englynion'; a vocabulary of old Welsh words; genealogies of the Lloyd family of Dulassau, etc.

Barddoniaeth

Cywyddau and other poetry by Robin Ddu, Sion Ceri, Gronw Ddu o Fôn, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Maredudd ap Rhys, Guto'r Glyn, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Rhys Goch Eryri, Wiliam Llŷn, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Tudur Aled, Owain ap Llywelyn ap Moel y Pantri, Lew[y]s Morganwg, Dafydd Nanmor, Gruffudd Gryg, Iolo Goch, Sion ap Hywel, Lew[y]s Môn, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Ieuan Deulwyn, Gruffudd Llwyd ab Ieuan, Siôn Tudur, Ieuan ap Rhydderch, Tudur Penllyn, Gruffudd Llwyd ap Dafydd, Siôn Cent, Gruffudd ab yr Ynad Coch, [Sir] Rhys ap Thomas, Hywel Swrdwal, Aneirin [Gwawdrydd], Lew[y]s Glyn Cothi, Ieuan Du'r Bilwg, Robert Leiaf, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Ieuan ap Gruffudd Leiaf, William Cynwal, Llawdden, Ieuan Gethin ab Ieuan ap Lleision, Llywelyn ap Maredudd ab Ednyfed, Hywel Aeddren, Hywel ap Dafydd ab Ieuan ap Rhys, Morgan ap Huw Lewis, Sion Brwynog, 'Huw Llwyd', Roger [C]yffin, Daniel ap Llosgwrn Mew, Bleddyn Fardd, Dafydd Baentiwr, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Rhys Llwyd, Sion ap Hywel [ap Llywelyn] Fychan, Siôn Phylip, S[i]r Owain ap Gwilym, Syr Hywel o Fuellt, Rhys ap Hywel ap Dafydd and Ieuan Castell.

Barddoniaeth

'Cywyddau', 'awdlau' and carols by Huw Arwystli, Owain Gwynedd, Syr Owain ap Gwilym, Siôn Phylip, Ieuan Llwyd, Hywel Cilan, Edwart Urien, Lew[y]s Glyn Cothi, Rhys Cain, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Mathew Brwmffild, Ieuan Dew Brydydd, Dafydd Nanmor, Lewis Trefnant, Huw Machno, Sion Tudur, Guto'r Glyn, Sion Cain, Gruffudd Llwyd ap Dafydd ab Einion, Sion Mowddwy, Edmwnd Prys, Wiliam Llŷn, Richard [Rhisiart] Phylip, Sion Cent, Syr Phylip o Emlyn, Rhys ab Ednyfed, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Syr Dafydd Trefor, Hywel ap Dafydd ab Ieuan ap Rhys, Tudur Penllyn, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Tudur Aled, Mastr Harri, Robin Ddu, Mor[u]s ab Ifan ab Einion, Edwart ap Rhys, Sion ap Rhys ap Llywelyn, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Rhys ap Huw ab Ednyfed, Rhydderch ap Sion Llywelyn, Thomas Vaughan, William Vaughan, Sion Benddu, Gruffudd Gryg, Taliesin, Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal, Iolo Goch, Rhys ab Ednyfed and Bedo Hafesb; 'englynion', triads and recipes.

Barddoniaeth Dafydd ap Gwilym,

Six volumes containing guarded leaves (pp. i-398) from [Robert Ellis] 'Cynddelw' (ed): Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym . . . (Liverpool, 1873), with copious variant readings by E. Stanton Roberts.

Cynddelw and E. Stanton Roberts.

Barddoniaeth,

'Cywyddau' by Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Madog Benfras and Iolo Goch, written on the back of fragments of North Wales judicial documents which have been uniformly cut and stitched together to form the volume.

Barddoniaeth,

A transcript by Ioan Pedr and others of NLW MSS 1246-1247D, which contain transcripts by Rhys Jones ('o'r Blaenau') of 'cywyddau' and other poetry by Wiliam Llŷn, Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy, Tudur Aled, Edward Mor[y]s, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Gruffudd Gr[y]g, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Lewis Daron, Lewis Menai, Siôn Tudur, Goronwy Owen, Sion Dafydd Las [John Davies], Thomas Prys, Huw Mor[y]s, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Dafydd Nanmor, Morys Dwyfech [Morus ap Dafydd ab Ifan ab Einion], Rhys Cain, Bedo Brwynllys, Bedo Aeddren, Ieuan Deulwyn, Gruffudd Llwyd ap Dafydd ab Einion [Llygliw], Edwart Urien, Siôn Cain, Ieuan Dew Brydydd, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Lewis Trefnant, Maredudd ap Rhys, Tudur Penllyn, Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal, Llawdden, Owain Gwynedd, Sion Ceri, Syr Ifan [o Garno], Robin Ddu, Hywel [ap] Rheinallt, Gutun Owain, Guto'r Glyn, Huw Arwystli, Dafydd Ddu Hiraddug, Ieuan ap Tudur Penllyn, Iolo Goch, Siôn Cent, Ieuan Brydydd Hir [Hynaf], Huw Llwyd Cynfal, Gruffudd Llwyd ab Ieuan, Richard Cynwal, Huw Machno, Robert Dyfi, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Syr Rhys o Garno, Hywel ap Dafydd ab Ieuan ap Rhys, Richard Phylip, Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir' ['Ieuan Fardd']), Ieuan Du'r Bilwg, Aneirin Gwawdrydd, Taliesin, Morys ab Ieuan ab Einion, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Rhys Pennardd, Meil[y]r Brydydd, Cynddelw [Brydydd Mawr], Thomas Jones (Tregaron), Wiliam Cynwal, Llywarch Hen, Bedo Hafes[b], Huw Pennant, Edward Richard (Ystradmeurig) and David Richards ('Dafydd Ionawr').

Barddoniaeth,

Transcripts by Ioan Pedr and others of 'cywyddau' by Thomas Prys, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Siôn Tudur, Ieuan Llwyd o'r T[y]wyn, Guto'r Glyn, Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen, Richard Gruff[y]dd ap Huw, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Gruffudd Kenrick Coch, Edmwnd Prys, Owain Waed Da, Hywel Cilan, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Owain ap Llywelyn ap Moel y Pantri, Tudur Aled, Mor[y]s ab Ieuan ab Ein[io]n, Robert Leiaf, Ieuan Dyfi, Wiliam Llŷn, Huw Arwystli, Siôn Cent, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Dafydd Nanmor, Siôn Phylip, Rhys ap Hywel ap Dafydd ab Einion, Lew[y]s Môn, Syr Dafydd Owain, Gruffudd Gryg and Dafydd ap Gwilym.

Barddoniaeth,

  • NLW MS 10870B.
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  • [1766x1790] /

An incomplete miscellany, in the form of three unbound volumes, of free- and strict-metre poetry (including illustrative extracts), compiled by David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri') under the title of 'Golwg a'r Parnassus, a Helicon, Sef, Casgliad neulltuol, neu Bigion Dewisol Allan o Waith Prif feirdd neu Brydyddion yr oesoedd, sef y Rhannau hyny o'u Gwaith na ymddangosodd yn argraphedig Hyd yn hyn ond mewn hen Sgrifeniadau, yn Englynion A chywyddau. yn Ddwy Rann; un yn Ddigrifol ar llall yn ddifrifol. O Gascliad, Dewi, ab Thomas, Waunfawr. A Sgrifenwyd yn y flwyddyn 1781'. The preface ('Rhagymadrodd at y Darllenydd') indicates both the period and partly the source of the volume: 'Y Darnau canlynol o Brydyddiaeth a Sgrifennwyd Gennyf yn fy Ieuenctyd, Pan ddechreuais Gyntaf Gael blas, ar farddoniaeth Reolaidd Ac yn ol fy nhŷb i, y Pryd hwnnw, maent yn Brif orchestwaith, Pigion, neu oreuon, Gwaith yr hen Feirdd ... Yr a adsgrifennais wrth ymdeithi[o] yn ddamweiniol, heibio'r lleoedd yr oeddynt iw gweled fel y Gwelwch yn Enwau'r Eglwysydd'. The poets represented include Rhichard Phylip; Maredudd ap Rhys; David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'); Hugh Hughes ('Y Bardd Coch o Fôn') (1766); Huw Morys; Siôn Cent; William Phylip; Elis Roberts; Dafydd ap Gwilym; Siôn Phylip; Bedo Brwynllys; Tudur Aled; Gruffudd Hiraethog; Siôn Brwynog; Siôn Tudur; Edward Morys; Owen Gruffydd; and Siôn Mawddwy. The titles include 'Englynion i Sir feirionydd'; 'Englynion Iw gosod ar fedd Huw Jones o Langwm ...'; and 'Englyn i Hugh Lloyd Cynfel'. Additions in other hands include some music scores of carol tunes and calligraphic exercises.

Thomas, David, 1759-1822

Barddoniaeth,

  • NLW MS 10748D.
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  • [18 cent.], 1828.

A volume of transcripts of poetry, mainly 'cywyddau' and 'englynion', by Iowerth Fynglwyd, William Llŷn, Huw Cae Llwyd, Gwilym ap Sefnyn, Dafydd Nanmor, Thomas Prys, Syr Dafydd Trefor, Aneurin Gwawdrudd ('Anearan Gwowdrudd'), Rhys Pennardd, Iolo Goch, Gutun Ceiriog, Siôn Mawddwy, Dio ap Ifan Du, Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy, Dafydd ap Edmwnd, Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug, Philip John Philip, Siôn Philip, Owain Gwynedd, Ieuan Brydydd Hir, Siôn Cent, David Jones, Rhys Wynn, Siôn Tudur, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Meredydd ap Rees, Llywelyn ap Gutun, Syr Owain ap Gwilym, Griffith Philip, Rowland Vaughan, Richard Philip, Edmwnd Prys, Robin Ragett, Tudur Aled, John Prichard Prys, Robert Klidro, Ellis Rowland 'o Harlech', Hugh Llwyd 'o Gynfal', Huw Morris, Lewis Morris, Mr. David Roberts, Rice Lloyd, Moris ap Robert, Bala, and Thomas Jones, Orsedd Las. The greater part of the volume was written in the early eighteenth century. Among slightly later hands at the end of the volume is that of William Jones of Orsedd Las. At the end of the volume is a letter from a Welsh emigrant, written from Delaware, 21 September, 1828.

Barddoniaeth,

'Cywyddau' and other poetry by Gruffudd Hiraethog, Bedo Phylip Bach, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Bedo Brwynllys, Tudur Aled, Robin Ddu, Sion Phylip, R-- M--, Sion Tudur, Wiliam Llŷn, Ieuan Dew Brydydd, Llywelyn ap Gutun, Edmwnd Prys, Richard Cynwal, Syr Dafydd Trefor, Gruffudd ap Tudur ap Hywel, Dafydd ap Rhys ab Evenni [?o Fenai or o'r Fenni], Huw Llifon ('Clochydd Llanefydd'), Lewis Lloyd, Lewis ab Edward, Iolo Goch, Dafydd Nanmor, Maredudd ap Rhys, Sion Cent, Siencyn ab Ieuan ap Bleddyn, Sion Gwyn ap Digan, Syr Phylip o Emlyn, Ieuan Llwyd Brydydd, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Sion Ceri, Robert Dafydd Llwyd, Ieuan ap Rhydderch, Lew[y]s Môn, Huw ap Dafydd, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Huw ap Tomos, Huw Machno, Simwnt Fychan, Rhys Wyn ap Cadwaladr, Wiliam Cynwal, Thomas Prys, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Gutun Owain, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Gruffudd Llwyd ab Ieuan, Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen, Raff ap Robert, Rhys Pennardd and Edwart ap Raff; englynion.

Barddoniaeth,

A transcript by William Jones ('Bleddyn'), Llangollen, formerly of Beddgelert, of 'cywyddau' and 'englynion' by Dafydd ap Gwilym, Iolo Goch, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Tudur Aled, Guto'r Glyn, Tudur Penllyn, Syr Rhys o Garno, Sion Cent, Maredudd ap Rhys, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Llawdden, Robin Clidro, Sion Tudur, Wiliam Cynwal, Wiliam Llŷn, Edmwnd Prys, Simwnt Fychan, Sion Brwynog, Owain Gwynedd, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Thomas Prys, Sion Prys ('o'r Gerddinen'), Edwart ap Raff, Rhys Ednyfed, Thomas Evans, Huw Arwystli, Watcyn Clywedog, Sion Dafydd Lâs [John Davies], Owen Gruffydd, Dafydd Gwyne, Dafydd Jones ('Ficer Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd'), Gruffudd Hiraethog, Ieuan Deulwyn, Hywel ap Dafydd ab Ieuan ap Rhys, Inco Brydydd, Gruffudd Gryg, Ellis Rowland and Hywel ap Rheinallt; 'englynion'.

Bleddyn, 1829?-1903

Barddoniaeth,

Transcripts by Ioan Pedr and others of poems by Iolo Goch, Rhys ap Hywel [ap Dafydd], Dafydd Owain, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Siôn Cent, Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel ('o Lan Ddeiniolen'), Syr Phylip o Emlyn, Siôn Phylip, William ap Robert, Edmwnd Prys, Rhys Wyn ap Cadwaladr, Owain Gwynedd, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Tudur Penllyn, Tudur Aled, Dafydd [ap] Llywelyn ap Madog, Simwnt Fychan, Richard Cynwal, Siôn Cain, Dafydd Nanmor, Edwart Urien, Gruffudd Phylip, [Ifan] Tudur Owen, Dafydd Llwyd ap Wiliam [David Lloyd], Siôn M[a]wddwy, Siôn Brwynog, Richard Phylip, Dafydd Llwyd ap Hywel ap Robert, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Wiliam Cynwal, Thomas Prys, Robin Ddu, Richard Prise, Richard Owen ap Richard, Rhys ab Ednyfed, Dafydd Nanmor, Hywel ap Dafydd ab Ieuan [ap Rhys] and Bedo Hafes[b]; 'Trioedd Taliesin'; 'Y pedwar gwell ar hugain'; 'Tri thlws ar ddeg o frenin dlysau Ynys Brydain'; original poems and translations from French, German and Italian by Ioan Pedr, and a short note on the literature of Brittany.

Barddoniaeth,

'Cywyddau' and other poems by Rhys Gray, Hywel Cilan, Huw ap Huw, Sion ap Hywel ap Llywelyn Fychan, Guto'r Glyn, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Ieuan Dew Brydydd, Ieuan Brydydd Hir, Wiliam Llŷn, Iolo Goch, Gruffudd Gryg, Syr Dafydd Trefor, Dafydd Nanmor, Wiliam Cynwal, Lewis Menai, Sion Tudur, Tudur Penllyn, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Sion Brwynog, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Lewis Môn, Llywelyn Moel y Pantri, Sion Dafydd Rhys, Hywel Rheinallt, Rhys Goch Eryri, Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen, Ieuan Gethin ab Ieuan ap Lleision, Lewis Morganwg, Huw Llwyd Cynfal, Sion Phylip, Richard Phylip, Tudur Aled, John Davies, Owain Gwynedd and Sion Cent.

Barddoniaeth,

A composite volume containing transcripts by Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg') of Welsh poems, mainly strict-metre verse in the form of 'cywyddau', attributed to Syr Dafydd Owain, Huw Dafydd Llwyd, Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal, Llawdden, Dafydd Llwyd Matthew, Siôn Mowddwy, Rhobin Ddu 'o Fôn', Siôn Tudur, Syr Dafydd Llwyd Fach or Syr Dafydd Llwyd Ysgolhaig, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Huw Pennant, Rhosser Cyffin, Person Llanberis, Dafydd ap Dafydd Llwyd, Thomas Prys, Rhisierdyn, Gutto'r Glynn, Meredydd ap Rhys, Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy, Siôn Brwynog, Thomas Celli, Llywelyn Goch ap Meuryg Hen, Rhys Cain 'o Groes Oswallt', Rhisiart Philip, Rhys Llwyd ap Rhys ap Rhiccart, Hywel ap Syr Mathew, Gruff. Hiraethog, Edmund Prys, Arch[d]diacon Meirionydd, Gruffudd Hafren, Rowland Fychan 'o Gaer Gai', Ieuan Llwyd Sieffre, Ieuan Tew Brydydd, Owain ap Llywelyn Moel, Lewys Môn, Dafydd Pennant, Rhys Goch ap Dafydd sef Rhys Goch Eryri, Tudur Aled, Ieuan Brydydd Hir, Siôn Philip, Lewis ab Edward Bencerdd, Wiliam Cynwal, Ieuan Deulwyn, Gruffudd ap Gweflyn, Lewys Menai, Dafydd Llwyd 'o Fathafarn', Dafydd ap Hywel, Ieuan ap Gruffudd Leiaf, Huw Arwystli, Rhys ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd ap Rhys, Guttyn Owain, Hywel Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Rhys, Iolo Goch, Ieuan Llawdden, Wiliam Llyn, Gruffudd Gryg, Dafydd Llwyd ab Einion Lyglyw (or Gruffydd Llwyd ab Dafydd ab Einion Lygliw, or Dafydd ab Gruffydd Llwyd ab Einion Lygliw), Dafydd ab Gwilym, Lewys Morganwg (or Lewys Brydydd Hodnant), Rhisiart ap Rhys Llwyd, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Thomas Derllysg, Dafydd, Abad diweddaf Margam, Siôn y Cent, Thomas Lleison 'o Gastell Nedd', Ieuan Du'r Bilwg, Llywelyn Moel y Pantri, Rhys Llwyd ab Rhys ab Rhisiart 'o Lan Haran', Ieuan Rudd, Gruffudd ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan 'o Lannerch Llyweni', Meredydd ap Rhosser, Tudur Penllyn, Dafydd ap Edmwnd, Ieuan Brechfa, Syr Owain ap Gwilym, Bedo Hafes, Syr Rhys o Garno, Dafydd Llwyd ab Llewelyn ab Gruffydd, Llywelyn ab Guttyn, Trahaiarn Brydydd Mawr, ? Iorwerth Beli, Llywelyn Goch y Dant, Wiliam Pywel 'o Gastell Madog', Dafydd y Coed, Ieuan Môn Hen, Gruffudd ab Gronw Gethin, Meyrig Dafydd, Wiliam Byrcinsha, Syr Dafydd Trefor, Bleddyn Siôn 'o Lancarfan', Casnodyn, Syr Rhys Offeiriad, Llywelyn ap Guttyn, Ieuan Gethin ab Ieuan ab Lleison, Syr Dafydd Jones, Ficcer Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Ifan Llwyd, and Siôn ap Ffelpot. There are occasional notes on the poems and poets and on the source of the transcript.

Barddoniaeth,

Transcripts by Ioan Pedr from manuscripts of Robert Jones (Tydu, Cwmglanllafar) and John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') of 'cerddi' and 'cywyddau' by David Jones ('Dafydd Sion Siams'), Elis Roberts, Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), Hugh Jones (Llangwm), John Thomas (Pentrefoelas), Rice Hughes ('o Ddinam'), Owen Gruffydd, Robin Ddu, Dafydd Gorlech, John Roger, Mor[y]s ab Ieuan ab Einion, Thomas Prys, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Siôn Tudur, Guto'r Glyn, Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen, Gruffudd Gryg and Dafydd ap Gwilym.

Bardism; miscellanea,

A volume (pp. i-xxii; 1-449) containing miscellaneous items, many relating to Welsh bardism, in the hand of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'). The contents include pp. 1-3, a note re the proclamation in 1795 of a bardic meeting to be held at Pen Bryn Owain in co. Glamorgan in 1796; 3-7, notes re the times of holding bardic meetings ('Cadair a Gorsedd wrth Gerdd a Barddoniaeth'), etc.; 7-16, eleven rules under the superscription 'Darbodau Gorsedd Gyfallwy Cadair Morganwg . . . ar Benn Brynn Owain ym Morganwg . . . 1795' relating to the conduct of bardic meetings, the measures, content, and language of poems, the bards, etc.; 25-8, a note of a proclamation in 1798 of a 'Cadair a Gorsedd ar Gerdd a Barddoniaeth' to be held at Pen Brynn Owain in co. Glamorgan in twelve months time, notes on the times of holding future bardic meetings '. . . ymmraint Cadair Orsedd Morganwg . . . ar ben Twyn Owain', and a geographical definition of the term Morgannwg in this context; 35-44., notes headed 'Coelbren y Beirdd herwydd Llyfr Llywelyn Siôn' being notes relating to the special alphabet reputedly devised by the Welsh bards for carving or notching on wooden surfaces and different modes of constructing wooden appliances or so-called 'books' which could be used as writing surfaces when utilising this alphabet; 51, an incomplete version of a 'question and answer' conversation between a teacher and his disciple; 55-6, notes relating to early British bards called 'gwyddoniaid', a bardic meeting between Prydain ab Aedd Mawr and three of these bards called Plennydd, Alawn, and Gwron ('Tri Phrif Feirdd Ynys Prydain'), rules for the bardic order formulated then, etc.; 57-60, English definitions of, or notes in Welsh on, terms of bardic relevance, e.g. 'Alban', 'Gorsedd Arddangos', 'Arwest', 'Cerdd Arwest'; 63-73, extracts of varying length from the works of Welsh poets ? illustrating bardic or poetic terms ('Bardic Allusions from the Welsh Bards'); 79, a note on 'Colofn Prydain (sef felly y gelwir y Gyhydedd Gyrch yn Llyfr Gm. Tew)'; 80-82, notes on Welsh literary production up to and including the fifteenth century mentioning Dafydd ap Gwilym, Llawdden, Harri ap Rhys ap Gwilym, Ieuan Brechfa, Edeyrn dafawd aur, Einiawn offeiriad, Dafydd Ddu Hiraddug, and Hopkin ap Thomas; 82-6, notes relating to an 'eisteddfod' held under the patronage of Gruffydd ap Rhys ap Tewdwr in Aberteifi and to rules concerning the order of bards and musicians formulated there; 87-8, brief notes on the bardic 'cadair arddangos' and 'cadair dwmpath'; 89, a note relating to the original of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, an extract from the said work, and a note on 'a circumstance . . . exactly similar' in a poem by Dafydd ap Gwilym; 90-91, notes on Dafydd ap Gwilym and his poetry; 92-4, notes on the Welsh alphabet; 95-? 104, the rules and customs of the bardic chair of Tir Iarll ('Trefnau a Defodau Cadair Tir Iarll'); 111-13, bardic miscellanea; 119- 22, notes relating to the rights, etc., of the bardic order with the superscription 'Llyma ddangos amrafaelion o arferion a breiniau a defodau a barnau a chyfarwyddyd a berthynent i Feirdd a gwyr wrth gerdd o'r hen Lyfrau'; 127-33, notes on 'Cerdd Gadair', 'Cerdd Deuluaidd', 'Clergerdd', 'Datgeiniad Cadair', and 'Datgeiniad Penpastwn'; (continued)

135-7 + 145, further notes re rules for bardic meetings; 142, two triads; 143-4 + 155, notes relating to ? the Welsh bardic alphabet; 154, a note on 'Tair colofn Barddoniaeth'; 157-9, notes relating to the alleged association between (a) Gruffudd ap Cynan and Bleddyn ap Cynfyn and the code of rules for the bardic order, (b) Bleddyn ap Cynfyn and 'regulations for genealogies and armorial bearings', (c) Rhys ap Tewdwr and the introduction of the 'Bardic Laws of the Round Table' from Armorica, and (d) Gruffudd ap Cynan and 'a musical sessions in Glyn Achlach in Ireland . . . 1096'; 171-4, a transcript of twelve stanzas of Welsh verse attributed to Siencyn o'r Crwys y Prydydd; 174, a list of 'Plant Caw o Brydyn'; 175, a transcript of a twelve-line Welsh stanza allegedly composed by Thomas Glyn Cothi on the occasion of the French landing at Fishguard in 1797; 176-7, genealogical data relating to the family of Iestyn ab Gwrgan and related families; 178, a transcript of an 'englyn' relating to Owain Glyn Dyfrdwy attributed to Ieuan Gethin ap Ieuan ap Lleision; 179, a few entries relating to events in Welsh history, 870-959; 180, a transcript of 'englynion' ? attributed to Hywel Ystoryn; 181-6, an anecdote and notes relating to ? the reputed poetesses of Ty Talwyn, parish of Llangynwyd [co. Glamorgan]; 187 + 193, skeleton notes on Llanilid, Llanharan, Llanhari, Llantrisaint, St. Donats, and Flimston [co. Glamorgan]; 188-9, historical and other notes relating to the parish of Merthyr Tydvil [co. Glamorgan]; 190, a list of 'Antiquities in and about Merthyr'; 191, a note on Mallt Walbi 'a Brecon virago' and leader of a gang of freebooters, and a list of 'Remarkable Parishes' [in Glamorgan]; 192, a list of 'Antiquities in and about Lantwit Major' [co. Glamorgan]; 205, extracts relating to 'Melchin, an ancient British author', 'Hu Gadarn', etc., 'Ex Celtic Remains by Lewis Morris'; 206-07, a note on heroic poetry and the attitude of the 'descendants of the Celts' towards it; 219- 22, comments on orthography arising out of [William] Owen [Pughe]'s innovations with regard to Welsh orthography; 223-7, notes relating to the formation of compounds and plurals of monosyllabic words in ancient Cimbric and modern Welsh; 227-39, notes relating to the original home of the Cymry and early druidism and bardism, etc.; 241, a short list of Welsh words relating to worship with English definitions; 242-4, notes on the principles of druidism; 246-51, notes relating to the 'Great Eisteddfod at Caermarthen' [? 1451], 'the system of versification that received the sanction of that Eisteddfod', the adoption of this system by the bards of North Wales and some of those of South Wales, its rejection by the bards of Glamorgan and their compilation of 'a system of discipline, of Poetical Criticism, of Versification, and of whatever appertained to their science', the death of the Carmarthen system during the reign of James I, Gronwy Owen's verse, and the Gwyneddigion Society's annual Welsh poetry competition and its attempt 'to restore the system of the Carmarthen Eisteddfod'; 252-4, notes relating to an 'eisteddfod' held at Nant Gonwy, 1 Edward IV, incorporating 'englynion' attributed to Dafydd ap Edmund and Twm Tegid Brydydd 'o Langower ym Mhenllyn'; 259-66 + 274-82, an outline journal of a journey from South to North Wales and back, July-August 1800, the places mentioned on the northward journey including Cowbridge, Bridgend, Neath, Caeo, Dolau Cothi, Pumsaint, Clydogau Mountain, Llanfair Cludogeu, Llandewi Brevi, Tregaron, Pont Rhyd Fendigaid, Hafod, Pont ar fynach, Llanbadarn, Aberdyfi, Towyn, Dolgelleu, and Blaeneu (a visit to [Rhys Jones, antiquary and poet] and transcribing of manuscripts), and on the return journey Llanfachreth, Dolgelley (mention here of harpists and of the origin of the triple-stringed harp), Carneddi Hengwm, Tal y llynn, Abergyrnolwyn, Aberdyfi, Aberystwyth, Llanrhystid, Tal y sarn, New Inn, Abergwily, Caerm[arthe]n, Llangyndeyrn, Pont y Berem, Llan Nonn, Cydwely, Llanelly, Pont ar Ddulais, Swansea, Llangynwyd, and Bridgend; 262, a transcript of twelve lines of English verse entitled 'Loyalty by a Cobler'; 264, a transcript of an 'englyn' attributed to Huw Llwyd Cynfel; 270-73, a Welsh saints' calendar; 306, a plan of a 'Sheepfold at the foot of Cadair Idris, another in ruins on the same plan Cefn Merthyr, several more in Glamorgan'; (continued)

307, a transcript of the 'title-page' of Edward Jones: The Bardic Museum of Primitive British Literature . . .; 308-13, a series of eleven Welsh triads ('Llyma Drioedd y Beirdd') with an English translation thereof extracted from pp. 1-4 of the aforementioned Bardic Museum by Edward Jones; 316, a medicinal recipe for rheumatism in the head; 317, a 'Plan of a school house or accademy'; 323-38, extracts from Sharon Turner: History . . . of the Anglo-Saxons [vol. IV], relating to the language, literature, and music of the Anglo - Saxons; 339-43, notes on, and extracts from, [Walter] Scott's 'Lay of the Last Minstrel'; 359-62, extracts from a review of Edward Moor: The Hindu Pantheon which appeared in The Edinburgh Review, February 1811; 367-70, brief notes relating to the poetic dialect of the Welsh bards, the 'ancient [Welsh] Prose dialect', 'the modern [Welsh] literary Dialect', and 'The Venedotian Dialect' and its use in literature, and comments on the efforts of 'A Welsh (would-be literary) Society in London . . . to patronize the Welsh Language'; 373-80, notes relating to the introduction of Scaldic bardism into North Wales in the time of Gruffudd ap Cynan and the consequent disappearance of the old British bardism in that part of the country, the preservation of the old bardism in Glamorgan, and the invigorating effect of the 'Scaldic manner or system' on Welsh poetry and the Welsh language, general comments on the moral tone of Welsh literature, etc.; 381, three 'grammatical' triads; 382, a very brief list of Irish words in the Venedotian dialect; 383, an extract 'Ex Vol. 35 Plas Gwynn Mon' [i.e. Panton MS 35 now NLW MS 2003] relating to the 'dymchwelawl' poetic metre; 384, a note relating to an old manuscript volume containing Welsh miracle plays in the possession of 'Dr. Thomas yn Llwyn Iwrch' in the eighteenth century; 385-6, comments on the practice of calling 'the ancient British Religion Druidical'; 387-9, general observations on the development of the 'system of versification and of poetical criticism . . . of the Welsh Bards'; 390, a brief note on 'Bardism or Druidism'; 391-2, a list of fourteen chapter headings for a proposed 'History of the Bards' [? by Edward Williams], with a note at the beginning 'A Bad Plan' and at the end 'The above is only the first rude sketch of 1791 and here only retained as containing a few hints that may be useful' (in addition to material on British / Welsh bardism and druidism and Welsh music this work was to contain chapters on Irish and Highland bards, Scandinavian scalds, Provencal troubadours, and Saxon and English minstrels); 392-4, a list of thirty-six topics or subject or chapter headings being 'Another arrangement' [presumably for the proposed 'History of the Bards']; 395, a transcript of three 'englynion' attributed to Gutto'r Glyn, the third being attributed also to H[ywel] D[afydd] I[eua] n Rhys (an accompanying note mentions an 'eisteddfod' at Cardiff Castle); 396-7, a list of six 'Topics for the Bards Common Place book'; 398, a list of dates ? in connection with the holding of 'eisteddfodau' at Ystrad Ywain [co. Glamorgan]; 399-400, notes relating to the 'Polity or Discipline' of the druids and bards; 407, a list of fourteen 'names given by the ancient Bards to the Coronog faban' (part Welsh, part English, and derived from [Thomas] Pugh [: Brittish and Out-landish] Prophesies . . . [ London, 1658]); 408-18, notes relating largely to early British bardism and druidism with mention of [James] MacPherson and the Ossianic poems; 423-5, miscellaneous triads, etc.; 426 + 430-31, general reflections relating to etymology; 427-9, reflections on the use of conjecture in history particularly 'with respect to the peopling of Europe and America' if no historical records were available; 431-3, notes relating to the dissension between the bards of North Wales and those of Glamorgan consequent upon the 'succesful attempt of Daf[ydd] ab Edmund at the Caermarthen Congress [? 1451] to establish his own system [of versification]', the researches undertaken by the Glamorgan bards into 'Bardic history and science' and their discovery of 'the true principles of Poetry and versification', etc.; 435-7, notes containing general reflections on changes in the Welsh language and poetry from the late thirteenth century onwards; and 438, a list of six Welsh triads.

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