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- Late 18 cent. (Creation)
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86 pp. + 4 loose pages 194 x 160 mm. Parchment cover
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Biographical history
Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) was a collector, arranger and publisher of Welsh harp music, a literary and musical historian, and an antiquary and collector of manuscripts. Around 1790, he was appointed harpist to the Prince of Wales (later George IV). Jones published some twenty volumes of songs arranged for harp, harpsichord and piano and which included his own compositions; he was also the first to publish a collection of 'penillion'. His main works are considered to be the three volumes entitled Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards (1784), The Bardic Museum (1802) and Hen Ganiadau Cymru (1820). He was considered a talented performer in his own right. John Freeman Milward Dovaston (1782-1854) of West Felton, Shropshire, was a writer and antiquary.
Archival history
Formerly in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps
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A manuscript, late 18 cent., in the hand of Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) (1752-1824) containing notes on Welsh historical and legendary figures and on places in Wales (pp. 1-2, 5, 6-8, 21, 22, 24, 31, 34, 37, 58-9, 60, 66, 68, 72, 73, 83, 85), poetry (pp. 3, 4, 35, 44, 49), a survey of Harlech Castle (pp. 9-20), a Latin prayer (p. 23), sketches (pp. 25, 64, 66, 68, 70, 74, 75, 84), epitaphs (pp. 34, 36), triads (pp. 82-3), copies of correspondence, 1626, between Bishop Hanmer and the rector and churchwardens of Llandderfel (pp. 76-7), together with other miscellaneous notes and accounts. A cywydd in the hand of Edward Williams (Iolo Morgannwg) is on p. 44.
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Welsh, English, Latin
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Note
Creator ref. no.: Williams MS 244; Phillipps MS 1058 (vol. i)
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 39B
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- Harlech Castle (Harlech, Wales) Survey, NLW MS 39B, pp. 9-20 (Subject)
- Iolo Morganwg, 1747-1826 (Subject)