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- [1901x1961]. (Creation)
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A photostat facsimile of Balliol MS 353, a commonplace book of Sir John Price (1502?-1555). The manuscript contains genealogical memoranda relating to the family of John Price (Siôn ap Rhys) and his wife, Johan Williamson, notes on Welsh bardic grammar, proverbs, triads, and miscellaneous memoranda; transcripts of Welsh poetry including eulogies of the compiler and of his ancestors. The poets represented include Bedo Brwynllys, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Dafydd Llwyd ab Einion Llygliw, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd [Dafydd Llwyd Mathafarn], Dafydd Nanmor, Gruffudd ap Maredudd, Gruffudd Gryg, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Gwilym ab Ieuan Hen, Huw Pennal, Hywel Dafydd ab Ieuan ap Rhys, Mr Harri (Cydweli) [Harri ap Hywel ('Mastr Harri')], Hywel Llwyd ap y Gof, Hywel Swrdwal, Ieuan Deulwyn, Ieuan ap Rhydderch ab Ieuan Llwyd, Ieuan ap Tudur Penllyn, Ieuan Du'r Bilwg, Ieuan Gethin ab Ieuan ap Lleision, Ieuan Tew, Iolo Goch, Lewis ap Richard alias Morgannwg, Llywelyn ap Maredudd ab Ednyfed, Llywelyn ap Owain, Madog Benfras, Rhys Nanmor, Siôn Cent, Siôn Mawddwy, Thomas Vychan [Vaughan], Taliesin ('yr awdl fraith'), and Tudur Aled. The principal items of Welsh prose are anecdotes relating to Coch y Powtsh, Christopher Mathew of Glamorgan, and Tudur Aled, under the title 'Geiriau digri yr hwnn ny ellir y hadrodd mewn Iayth arall'; a text entitled 'Kyngor y wr ddwyn y vuchedd yn galh ac yn gymedrol'; and a bardic grammar.
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- Welsh
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Welsh, Latin, English.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 9048E.
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- Price, John, Sir, 1502?-1555 -- Family (Subject)
- Price, John, Sir, 1502?-1555 -- Family -- Poetry (Subject)
- Mathew, Christopher, Sir, d. 1527 (Subject)
- Price, John, Sir, 1502?-1555 -- Poetry (Subject)
- Tudur Aled, approximately 1465-approximately 1525 (Subject)
- Price, John, Sir, 1502?-1555 (Subject)
- Bedo Brwynllys, fl. 1460 (Subject)
- Dafydd ab Edmwnd, active 1450-1490 (Subject)
- Dafydd ap Gwilym, active 14th century (Subject)
- Dafydd Llwyd ab Einion Llygliw (Subject)
- Dafydd Llwyd, of Mathafarn, approximately 1420-1500 (Subject)
- Dafydd Nanmor, active 1450-1490 (Subject)
- Gwilym ab Ieuan Hen, fl. ca. 1440-1480 (Subject)
- Gruffudd ap Maredudd ap Dafydd (Subject)
- Gruffudd Gryg, fl. 1357-1370 (Subject)
- Gruffudd Hiraethog, -1564 (Subject)
- Huw Pennal, 15th cent. (Subject)
- Hywel Dafydd ab Ieuan ap Rhys (Subject)
- Hywel Llwyd (Subject)
- Hywel Swrdwal, fl. 1430-1475 (Subject)
- Ieuan Deulwyn, fl. 1460 (Subject)
- Ieuan ap Rhydderch, fl. 1430-1470 (Subject)
- Ieuan ap Tudur Penllyn (Subject)
- Ieuan Tew Brydydd Hen, fl. ca. 1400-1440 (Subject)
- Iolo, Goch, active 1345-1397 (Subject)
- Taliesin (Subject)
- Ieuan Du'r Bilwg, fl. c. 1470 (Subject)
- Ieuan Gethin ap Ieuan ap Lleision, fl. 1437-1490 (Subject)
- Lewys Morgannwg, active approximately 1523-1555 (Subject)
- Llywelyn ab Ednyfed, fl. ca. 1400-1460? (Subject)
- Llywelyn ab Owain ap Cynfrig Moel, fl. ca. 1480? (Subject)
- Madog Benfras, fl. 1320-1360 (Subject)
- Rhys Nanmor, fl. 1480-1513 (Subject)
- Siôn Cent, approximately 1367-approximately 1430 (Subject)
- Siôn Mawddwy, approximately 1575-1613 (Subject)
- Vaughan, Thomas, 1621-1666 (Subject)
- Tudur Aled, approximately 1465-approximately 1525 (Subject)
- Harri ap Hywel, d. 1509 (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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April 2011.
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Description compiled by Bethan Ifan for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961);