File 60B. - Emynau John Williams, Sain Tathan

An imperfect volume of hymns by and in the hand of John Williams (1728-1806) of St Athan, Glamorgan. The titles include 'Can Nalolig [sic] nei Haul Song ar Washinton's March'; 'Hymn ar y Tweed'; 'Arall ar yr adnodau blaena or 63 o Esia' ('Pwy welaf o Edon [sic] yn dod ...'); 'Arall ar yr adnodau cyn[t]af o 5 o Datg[u]ddiad'; 'Rhai myfyrdodau mewn twymin ar y nerfiau yr hon a barhodd o ddechre awst i ddiwedd medi 1789'; ['Cân Ddiddarfod'] with annotations ('diwedd llan Tathan Gorphen Haf 1791 J.W.') (printed in Gomer Morgan Roberts: Bywyd a Gwaith Peter Williams (Caerdydd, 1943), pp. 155-160); 'Ar gini winser'; etc. Insets include a typescript copy of 'Can V' [i.e. 'Cân Ddiddarfod'] from Can Diddarfod: sef, Pennillion Addysgiadol, o gyfansoddiad Ioan ap Gwilim, St Athan ... ([Caerfyrddin] 1793); 'Darn o Hymn o waith y diweddar Barchedig Peter Will[iams] o Gaerfyrddin' (written on the blank leaf of a letter addressed to Griffith Williams, Ynyswaun, Llanor, Llyn (printed in Gomer Morgan Roberts: op. cit., p. 170)); John Williams: Carol Plygain neu Gan Nadolig (Caerlleon, n.d.); and a cutting from Seren [Cymru], 18 August [19]16, of a letter by H[ywel] C[ernyw] Williams, relating to the authorship of a hymn by John Williams. The original brown paper cover is inscribed 'ir Parch[ed]ig Mr Peter Williams' and the modern cloth binding is lettered in gold 'MS Parch. J. Williams, 1791'.