Showing 5 results

Archival description
Cwrtmawr manuscripts
Advanced search options

Find results with:

in
Add new criteria

Limit results to:

Filter results by:

Filter by date range:

Use these options to specify how the date range returns results. "Exact" means that the start and end dates of descriptions returned must fall entirely within the date range entered. "Overlapping" means that any description whose start or end dates touch or overlap the target date range will be returned.
Print preview View:
Ascending

Barddoniaeth,

A composite volume of three small notebooks containing 'cywyddau', 'englynion' and English verses by 'Sioseb Nerquis', with some 'englynion' by 'I. Ddu' and 'Merddin Wylts [sic] o Nerquis'; and transcripts by Mary Richards, Darowen, c. 1861, of Welsh metrical psalms and hymns by Thomas Roberts ('Philo Cadfan'), Joseph Marpole, William Jones, John Williams (Dolgellau), and anonymous compositions. One of the hymns, dated 1861, is in memory of the Reverend James Hamer 'Offeiriad Llanfihangel [yng Ngwynfa] a Discybl i David Harris [?Carno]'.

Emynau, carolau plygain, etc.

A volume written by Thomas Richards, Darowen during the period 1819-31, containing hymns, metrical psalms, 'carolau plygain', etc. by Thomas Jones (Creaton) (at Longnor, 1781), Thomas William (1798), ?Thomas Richards (Darowen) (1819) ('A Gyfiaethwyd o waith Mr. [Ralph] Erskin[e]), John Powel (Llansannan) (1767), Owen Robert(s) (1795), David William [Llandeilo-fach], E[dward] Jones [Maes-y-plwm] (1797), Rowland Hugh (Grienyn), David Richards ('[Dewi] Silin'), David Thomas ['Dafydd Ddu Eryri'], William Jones (Rhos Llanerchrigog), Jonathan Hughes, Walter Davies ['Gwallter Mechain], Evan Evans ['Ieuan Glan Geirionydd'] (1822) and D'd Harries (Darowen) (1831), and anonymous poems.

Horae,

A book of Hours: probably from the diocese of Rheims (Sainct Remi in red in the calendar), containing calendar (ff. 1-12), gospel sequences (ff. 13-16 verso) Hours of the Virgin (ff. 17-72 verso), Hours of the Cross (ff. 73-77), Hours of the Holy Spirit (ff. 77 verso-85 verso), Penitential Psalms and Litany (ff. 86-104), 'Obsecro te' (ff. 104-108 verso), Office of the Dead (ff 109-136 verso), the Fifteen Joys (ff. 136 verso-142) and the Seven Requests (ff. 142-145 verso). Single leaves have been removed from the following: ff. 13, 15, 16, 26 and 59, while illuminated initials have been cut out of many leaves (ff. 23, 52, 71, 78, 82, 110, 134). Miniatures with full-page decorated borders constitute the usual sequence, lacking however those for Matins, Lauds and Vespers (all removed). Spine lettered 'Heures Gotique'.

Llyfr pregethau Samuel Williams,

A manuscript in the hand of Samuel Williams (c. 1660 - c. 1722), vicar of Llandyfriog, Cardiganshire, containing forty-four sermons translated from or based on several authors e.g. [Simon] Patrick [successively bishop of Chichester and of Ely], [Nicholas] Brady [the elder], [Thomas] Adams, [Friedrich] Spanheim, [George] Smalridge [bishop of Bristol], [Theophilus] Dorrington, Cl[ement] Ellis, [Robert] Bragge [dissenting minister], etc. There is a list of contents at the beginning of the volume, and hymns ('Myfi yw'r Adgyfodiad mawr...', etc.) and metrical psalms by [Edmwnd Prys and] William Middleton have been written on the fly-leaves and in blank spaces at the end of some of the sermons. There are some additions, among them the Lord's Prayer, in the hand of the scribe's son, Moses Williams (1685-1742), vicar of Defynnog. Entries on the back of one of the original covers, also in the hand of Moses Williams, indicate that some of the sermons were preached at Dyvynog [Defynnog] and Cap[el] Ill[t]ud during the years 1728-30.

Salmay Dafydd Broffwyd ...,

An early seventeenth century text of a metrical version of the Psalms by James Rhys Parry ('Eos Eyas', 'Eos Ewyas', fl. 1570? - 1625?), Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire. The title reads 'Salmay Dafydd Broffwyd Gwedy gynhayddy mywn bryttaniaith gan Siams Parry o eyas'.