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NLW MS 5369B
Title
'John Davies Pentrevidoc His Book'
Date(s)
- [18 cent.] (Creation)
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A miscellany compiled partly in his eighty-fifth year (1760) by John Davies or David of Pentre Vidoc (or Foelas) and containing eleven psalms in 'cywydd' metre by Sion Tudur, 'cywyddau' by Humphrey Thomas ('Bardd yr Ennig') and others unnamed, an 'awdl gyffes' by Sion Phylip, 'englynion' by Edward Morys, Richard Jones, and Owen Gruffydd, 'tribanau', a transcript of a Welsh historical chart (beginning with a synopsis of the 'Promptuarium Biblia' and continued to the reign of Richard III) compiled by John Gruffudd Eyton (1513), anecdotes, and holograph 'englynion' addressed to John Davies by T. E. Nant. (i.e., Thomas Edwards, 'Twm or Nant').
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Language of material
- English
- Welsh
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Welsh, English
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 5369B
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls004376812
GEAC system control number
(WlAbNL)0000376812
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Name access points
- Thomas, Humphrey Cywyddau by, NLW MS 5369B (Subject)
- Morris, Edward, 1607?-1689 'Englynion' by, NLW MS 5369B (Subject)
- Eyton, John Gruffudd, fl. 1513 Chart compiled by, transcript of, NLW MS 5369B (Subject)
- Edwards, Thomas, 1739-1810 'Englynion' by, NLW MS 5369B (Subject)
- Gruffydd, Owen, approximately 1643-1730 (Subject)
- Tudur, Siôn (Subject)
- Phylip, Siôn, approximately 1543-1620 (Subject)