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- 1593. (Creation)
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102 ff. (ff. i-iv + pp. 1-196) ; 198 x 143 to 202 x 150 mm. ‘Limp vellum covers’ [RMWL]; rebound at NLW, the vellum covers, possibly original, bound in (and numbered pp. 193-6).
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Among inscribed names of [17-18 cent.]: Owen Wynne of Pengwern ‘near Ffestiniog’ (pp. 21, 193), Owen Lloyd of Tyddyn Agnes (p. 102) and of Llansadwrn (p. 195). On f. iv, p. 168 and p. 194, William Hughes of Bodaden, 1739; on p. 74, ‘Lloyd Maes y Porth’, [18 cent.]. On p. 80, ‘Y llyfr hwn yw rhodd Mr William Wynn person Llanngynhaval i Edward Jones 1759’ followed by ‘anwir yw hynny. R. Wynn’. The hand of William Wynn of Llangynhafal occurs on, e.g., p. 94; ‘Volumen 7um’ on the old cover (p. 193) represents the number in his collection. The manuscript was copied in 1760 as ‘llyfr Edward Jones or Tu Celyn’ by Edward Evans in the lost Llanwrin MS 4 [RMWL, II, p. 371]. It was evidently reclaimed by Robert Wynn, son of William Wynn: he inscribed his name with the date 1776 inside the cover (p. 194) and in 1795 gave it to Griffith Roberts, who recorded the gift (p. 188).
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‘Pum Llyfr Kerddwriaeth’ (pp. 1-151), followed by William Salesbury’s treatise on rhetoric (pp. 151-88). Copied ‘allan o lyfr Simwnt Vachan’ in 1593 for Dafydd Salbri [David Salusbury of Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch and Dolbadarn] by Richard ap John (colophon on p. 140). The source was Jesus College Oxford MS 15 [Gramadegau’r Penceirddiaid, eds G.J. Williams and E.J. Jones (Caerdydd, 1934), pp. liv-lv] but the intermediary was Peniarth MS 159, copied by Richard ap John himself in 1578 [see Llên Cymru, 2 (1952-3), 71-81]. On p. 189 is ‘Dewis bethau Davydd Melienydd’. Englynion by Siôn Phylip are added by a hand of [16-17 cent.] on p. 190. The contents were copied in [17 cent., first ½] in NLW MS 13065.
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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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Finding aids
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), 947.
Description based on Daniel Huws, A Repertory of Manuscripts and Scribes c.800-c.1800 (Aberystwyth, 2022), I, 403.
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Digital version available https://hdl.handle.net/10107/6211078 (April 2024)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Hengwrt MS 169.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 160 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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October 2023.
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Description revised by Maredudd ap Huw.
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