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- [late 18 cent.]-[early 19 cent.]. (Creation)
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ii, 106 ff. ; 205 x 160 mm. Boards, remains of original leather binding on spine and covers; 'No. 9' on front cover.
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Archival history
'John Williams', early 19 cent., on f. 106 verso.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Orta Books; Bristol; Purchase; 1984
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Scope and content
A transcript, [18/19 cent.], of Simwnt Fychan's bardic grammar, 'Y Pum Llyfr Cerddwriaeth'. The colophon on f. 1 shows that it is a copy of a manuscript written by William Maurice of Cefn-y-braich in 1664, formerly at Wynnstay (see Transactions of the Cymmrodorion, 2 (1828), 51-2) and presumably destroyed in the fire there in 1858, and that it descends from Simwnt Fychan's manuscript (now Jesus College MS XV (9)), through manuscripts written by Rhisiart ap Siôn of Sgorlegan (now Peniarth MS 160) and John Jones, Gellilyfdy, in 1605 (now NLW MS 7007C).
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Language and script notes
Welsh.
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Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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Publication note
For the text see G. J. Williams ac E. J. Jones, Gramadegau'r Penceirddiaid (Caerdydd, 1934), pp. 89-136.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 21990B.
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- Maurice, William, -approximately 1680 (Subject)
- Rhisiart ap Siôn (Subject)
- Jones, John, Gellilyfdy, ca. 1585-1657/8 (Subject)
- Simwnt Fychan, approximately 1530-1606 (Subject)
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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- English