- Peniarth MS 292 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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- 1645.
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A French vocabulary in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, 1645.
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A French vocabulary in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, 1645.
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An Italian vocabulary and syntax in two parts in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, dated 4 August 1645.
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[A transcript of] the life of St Cadog by Lifris.
It contains the following note: 'Henricus nominus scripsit'. There are two loose leaves from another Latin manuscript at the beginning of the volume.
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[A transcript of?] a metrical version of the Life of St Wulstan ('Vita viri sancti Wlstani scripta roganti / pontifici metrico modulo brevitatis amico'); and a metrical summary of the Bible by Petrus Riga.
Vita Griffini Filii Conani, Regis Venedotiae,
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The life of Gruffudd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd, in the hand of ?Robert Vaughan.
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A Latin version of the 'Life' of Gruffudd ap Cynan, with corrections and additions in the autograph of Thomas ap William, Trefriw. Also included in the manuscript are some Latin hexameters; an order in pursuance of a warrant under the Royal sign manual for the payment of a quarter's annuity of £100 to Diana Hotham or her assigns, 28 October 1806; and memoranda concerning the manuscript.
Thomas ap William and others.
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Fragments of manuscripts found with MS 540B, possibly once part of Peniarth MS 326 (see D. Huws, 'A Welsh manuscript of Bede's De natura rerum', Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, XXVII, p. 492). They comprise a leaf from Gerard of Cremona's Latin translation of Aristotle, De Caelo et terra, XIII cent. (f. l); a leaf of the Middle English Dives and Pauper, XV cent. (see NLWJ, xxii, p. 347) (f. 2); a fragment of a petition in Chancery of [ ] of 'Kellilyfday' [Gellilyfdy] concerning a book borrowed in 1643 by Thomas Jones of Kirchynan [Flintshire] and not returned, the petitioner no doubt being John Jones, Gellilyfdy (f. 3); a flyleaf of a book with Latin tags, an englyn and the name Richard Mores, XVII cent. (f. 4); a bon mot of Dr John Wilkins, Bishop of Chester, XVIII cent. (f. 5); a theological treatise entitled Circa generaliores regulas moralis Christianae sententiae aliquot quibus passim se opponit Schola Theologica Louanensis, XVII cent. (ff. 6-11); and an inventory of the goods of Thomas Wilkins, papermaker, of the parish of West Drayton, Middlesex, 1729, including the stock of a paper-mill (f. 12).
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The beginning of the story of the Grail (in Welsh) in the hand of Robert Vaughan. The remainder of the manuscript is written c. 1609 mostly in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy and comprises: sections on Persian history in English and Old French; various texts and fragments written on the backs and margins of letters and other documents and sewn together, including Breuddwyd Pawl, Breuddwyd Iorwerth and medical recipes; letters addressed to the Lord President of the Marches of Wales; and a Latin theological treatise.
Trwydded pencerdd Gruffudd Hiraethog,
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A roll containing a copy of the Statute of Gruffudd ap Cynan in the hand of Gruffudd Hiraethog (f. 1); together with the original licence of Gruffudd Hiraethog as Pencerdd, (1545/6) (f. 2).
Ancilliary papers included with the manuscript are a note on the contents of the manuscript, [?18 cent.] (f. 3); a transcript of the Pencerdd licence by W. W. E. Wynne (f. 4); a letter from Tho[ma]s Price, Llandrillo, to Wynne, 11 January 1861, referring to Price's translation of [?the Statute] (ff. 6-7; the translation is not present in the present manuscript); a typescript translation of the licence, [20 cent, first ½] (f. 5); and a xerox copy, [20 cent, first ½], probably of the label on the box in which the manuscript was formerly kept (f. 8).
Gruffudd Hiraethog, -1564
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A collection of Welsh texts, including two versions of Trioedd Ynys Prydain; Brut y Saeson; Cantrefi a Chymydau Cymru; a text on Eisteddfod Caerfyrddin; Dyddiau Tyngedfenol; Macsen Wledig; and Hanes Gruffudd ap Cynan in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy while he was detained in the Fleet prison, 1635-1641.
There are also a few Latin texts, including a memoranda of events in English history from A.D. 140 to 1380, De Geometria, and the Life of Elgarus. The text was completed on 22nd June 1641 by John Jones of Ysgeifiog and transcribed by William Maurice in 1662.
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Treatises concerning 'the origin of Springs, Generation of Rain, and the Production of Wind', and 'the Motion of the Sea in General'.
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Transcripts of deeds, 1562-1627, of the Albany family, relating mainly to the lordship of Whittington, Salop.
Transcripts of chronicles, etc. (in seven parts),
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Itinerarium Cambriae and Topographia Cambriae [sic] by Giraldus Cambrensis.
Historia Anglorum of Henry of Huntingdon with 'Epistola missa henrico regi secundo anglorum super lamentatione David regis', 'Historia de vita et moribus et morte regis David', and 'De genealogia Henrici regis'.
'Descriptio Britannie & insularum adiacentium ex antiquis auctoribus'.
'Res gestae Rom. Imperatorum in Britannia a Jul. Caesaris usque ad finem Imp. Theodosii Junioris ... collectae ex antiquis auctoribus.'
'De Rebus in Cambria & Regibus Cambr. praecipue a Maylgwyn Gwyneth', from Camber to 1457.
Miscellaneous chronologies and historical notes.
Notes in English on David [Dafydd] Gam, David ap Ievan ap Eingan, the Fifteen Tribes of Gwynedd, and the pedigree of the family of Meredith ap Ievan ap Robert, 1661.
Transcripts by Robert Vaughan,
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Transcripts by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt of the Vitae duorum Offarum of Matthew Paris (the concluding paragraph only of the first Offa), and of a history of Wales entitled 'liber primum de Cambriae regimine bellico, sub Principibus Britannico sanguine aeditis'.
The latter is an incomplete copy of the first book of a projected treatise in three books.
Robert Vaughan.
Transcript of the Black Book of Carmarthen,
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A transcript of the Black Book of Carmarthen (see Peniarth MS 1) by Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt.
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A 16th century manuscript in several hands comprising fragments of Welsh grammars; a treatise on milling; drawings of tools; the rules of Welsh metre; poetry; and a poetical dramatic dialogue.
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A notebook containing a 'Journal of a Tour on the Continent by Miss Mary Slaney, afterwards Mrs Wynne, of Peniarth, with her father, R. A. Slaney Esqre, MP 1836'. '499' on label pasted on spine.
Mary Slaney (aft. Wynne).
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'A Discourse, concerning the Vegetation of Plants, made by Sir Kenelme Digby, in the Assembly att Gressham College, ... 1660' with autograph corrections by the Author. The work was first published in 1661.
Sir Kenelm Digby.
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A treatise on the use of the globes, in the same hand as the treatise in Peniarth MS 421C.
The Romances of Peredur and Charlemagne, &c.,
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A collection of secular and religious prose in two hands from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
The manuscript includes the romances of Peredur and Charlemagne; Ystoria Adda; Ystoria Pilatus; and Ystoria Judas Iscariot; and an account of the Crucifixion and the finding of the Cross.