File Peniarth MS 54i & ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS]. - Poetry,

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Peniarth MS 54i & ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

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Poetry,

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  • [1475x1600]. (Creation)

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Peniarth MS 54i Extent: 448 pp. (pp. 1-2, 5-6, 10, 18-20, 113-14, 128, 196, 207-8, 288-89 blank). Peniarth MS 54ii Extent: 32 pp. In two cases.

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The section at pp. 1-20 belonged to 'Johannis lewis'. The section at pp. 21-112 apparently belonged to 'Meistr Wilhiam Herbert Gwrser' (see Gwenogvryn's observation in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), p. 410, n.).

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A manuscript, late 15th to the 16th century, containing poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym, Iolo Goch, Hywel Cae Llwyd, Dafydd Epynt, Rhys Fardd, Hywel Swrdwal and others.
Pp. 21-112 were written probably before 1484. The manuscript is written in various hands (p. 21 alone containing three different hands): the poems of Dafydd Epynt are all in one hand (see Peniarth MS 60); those of Hywel Cae Llwyd and Hywel Swrdwal in another (see Peniarth MS 54, part ii); those of Rhys Fardd in another hand; etc. Pp. 1-20 contain a peculiarly cramped hand. The poetry on pp. 359-392, 396-419, 422-423, 432-448 is written in bardic script (see Gwenogvryn's observations on this in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), 418). P. 257 is rubbed and the readings uncertain in part. The two leaves following p. 284b have been cut out. At least one folio is torn off at p. 448 and the remainder of the poem is inverted.

A manuscript, late 15th to the 16th century, seemingly belonging to Peniarth MS 54i, and containing poetry of Hywel Cae Llwyd and others, and pedigrees.
The cywyddau of Hywel Cae Llwyd and Hywel and Ieuan Swrdwal are written in the same hand as that which cited the works of Hywel Cae Llwyd and Hywel Swrdwal in Peniarth MS 54i.

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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.

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Welsh.

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A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), 409-420.

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Digital versions available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4389453 (54i) and http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4384774 (54ii) (viewed September 2018)

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Formerly Hengwrt MS 270.

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Formerly Hengwrt MS 368.

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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 54i & ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • Microform: $h - MEICRO PENIARTH MS 54 i & ii (i & ii).
  • Text: Peniarth MS 54 i & ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS]; $z - Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies..