- NLW MS 21287B.
- File
- [18 cent, second ½].
Part of Iolo Morganwg and Taliesin ab Iolo manuscripts and papers
A volume of early Welsh poetry in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), transcribed from 'Liber B' of Dr John Davies of Mallwyd [i.e. NLW MS 4973B]. This, however, is not a complete transcript of 'Liber B ': the first two poems copied by Evan Evans are to be found on ff. 164 verso-167 of the John Davies manuscript, whereas the third and fourth are taken from ff. 288 verso-290 verso. At the beginning are indexes to the place-names and poets mentioned in the text of 'Liber B', with references to the folios on which they occur in that manuscript, and at the end is a transcript of John Davies's own index of first lines. The incomplete list of contents and the annotations here and there in the margin are by Iolo Morganwg. It seems likely that this is a manuscript described by Iolo Morganwg as 'Hen Farddoniaeth yn Llaw Evan Evans' (See G. J. Williams, Iolo Morganwg a Chywyddau'r Ychwanegiad, 1926, p. 175, item 11).
Evans, Evan, 1731-1788