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A collection of vaticinatory prose and verse in Welsh, Latin and English, dated c. 1445, written by a scribe identified as 'Dafydd' and including prophecies, Welsh history, and a prescription for a recipient 'out of mynde'.
Included are verses associated with Myrddin and Taliesin and a collection of verse by Rhys Fardd.

A composite manuscript, comprising:
(i) pp. 1-95. A copy in the hand of David Ellis [died 1795] of the double text of the Gododdin derived from Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), written [1783 x 1791] [on the derivation and date, see Brynley F. Roberts (ed.), Early Welsh Poetry: Studies in the Book of Aneirin (Aberystwyth, 1988), p. 52].
(ii) pp. 105-80. Welsh vocabularies, etymological notes, Welsh names of fish and birds, etc., derived from the collections of Evan Evans in NLW MS 1988B, in the hand of Griffith Roberts, written not before 1788 (p. 163). Pages 175-180 are blank.

A volume of transcripts by John Davies, Mallwyd, comprising poetry of the 'Gogynfeirdd'; 'Llyfr Taliesin'; 'Gwasanaeth Mair'; a short Latin chronicle; and lists of the contents of 'Llyfr Coch Hergest' and 'Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch'; etc.

The Laws of Hywel Dda, [c. 1380], (p. 1); religious and secular prose by a number of scribes, including a brief chronicle from the arrival of Brutus in 1230 BC to 1375 (of Welsh interest) and the number of years from the flood until the current year, 1404, (p. 225); Brutus Saxonum (p. 251); and englynion (p. 270), [pre 1416, mid-15 cent.].
The date of the foundation of Cardiff is noted in the Latin text. There are some later memoranda as well.

An early 15th century manuscript comprising Lucidar; Kyssegr Lan Fuchedd; the Penityas; and Cyffes y Pechadur, written in a hand which is similar to that of the Mabinogion in the Red Book of Hergest.

YMCA, Cardiff, Dec. 1914-Feb. 1915.

Three pages of an incomplete draft in the hand of Morgan Llwyd of a dialogue between an old man and a child concerning the Bible. The old man's last question is about the books read by the child (' ... mi fynwn wybod beth a ddyscaist oddiwrth y llyfrau a ddarllenaist'). It is not answered. The dialogue was probably never finished, as there is a blank space for a title at the head of the first page.

Ynyscynhaiarn Urban District Council, Portmadoc, June 1915.

A 16th century manuscript in several hands comprising poetry; pedigrees; a version of the Afallenau and the Oiannau; a text concerning the separation of Powys Wenwynwyn; and the prognosication of Erra Pater.
Pp. 1-19 are in the hand of Simwnt Fychan.

A draft of the Eisteddfod Chair winning awdl, in the poet's own hand.

'Yr Ystorm', a song arranged for tenor and bass by Dr Joseph Parry with words by Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn).

The Romance of Charlemagne as written by Ieuan Ysgolhaig in 1336.
The folios have been misarranged in the binding. This text seems to be the prototype of the version in Peniarth MS 5 (White Book of Rhydderch), Peniarth MS 10, and Jesus College Oxford MS 111 (Red Book of Hergest).

Two parts of the Romance of Charlemagne written in the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries.
The text includes Charlemagne's expeditions to Jerusalem, Constantinople and Spain, and another fragment.

The Romance of Charlemagne written down by [?Gruffudd Ddu] in the mid 14th century; and a collection of poetry of Gruffudd ap yr Ynad Coch, Guto'r Glyn and others compiled in the 15th - 16th centuries.
The first folios include fragments of indentures and on f. 26b is a representation of Christ on the Cross.

Cyfrol o achau, cerddi a nodion hynafiaethol, dyddiedig 1766 (ond a luniwyd tua 1763-1769), yn llaw Hugh Hughes (Y Bardd Coch o Fôn), ac sy'n dwyn y teitl 'Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog [ne]u'r Gell Gymmysg' (t. xxv). Canolbwyntia rhan gyntaf y gyfrol ar achau disgynyddion Pymtheg Llwyth Gwynedd, y mwyafrif yn deuluoedd o Fôn (tt. 1-91; rhestrir y teuluoedd ar tt. xxvii-xxix). Ychwanegwyd arfbais liwiedig teulu Llwydiarth Esgob i gyd-fynd ag ach Hugh Hughes ei hunan ar t. 40. = A volume of pedigrees, poems and antiquarian notes, dated 1766 (but compiled around 1763-1769), in the hand of Hugh Hughes (Y Bardd Coch o Fôn), and entitled 'Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog [ne]u'r Gell Gymmysg' (p. xxv). Pedigrees of the descendants of the Fifteen Tribes of North Wales, mostly Anglesey families, fill the first part of the volume (pp. 1-91; the families are listed on pp. xxvii-xxix). The coloured arms of the family of Llwydiarth Esgob are appended to the pedigree of Hugh Hughes himself (p. 40).
Cynhwysa'r gyfrol hefyd nodiadau hynafiaethol (t. 97 passim), trioedd a chynghorion (tt. 107-110, 116-119), ynghyd â nifer helaeth o gerddi Cymraeg (t. xiii passim), rhai wedi eu copïo o 'Delyn Ledr' William Morris, Caergybi (bellach BL Add. MS 14873) (tt. xvi, 119), ac eraill o gyfrol Evan Evans, Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards (London, 1764) (t. 182). Ymysg cerddi cyfoes y llawysgrif, ceir rhai gan David Ellis (t. 282), Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir) (t. 269), Hugh Hughes (tt. 260, 272, 275), Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn) (t. 235), a Goronwy Owen (t. 263). Diweddarwyd rhai o nodiadau hynafiaethol y gyfrol mewn dwylo diweddarach, hyd oddeutu 1858 (t. 50). Am restr o gynnwys y gyfrol, yn llaw Hugh Hughes, gweler t. xvii. = The volume also contains antiquarian notes (p. 97 passim), triads and wisdom (pp. 107-110, 116-119), together with a great number of Welsh poems (p. xiii passim), some copied from the 'Telyn Ledr' of William Morris of Holyhead (now BL Add. MS 14873) (pp. xvi, 119), and others from Evan Evans' Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards (London, 1764) (p. 182). Amongst contemporary poems in the manuscript are compositions by David Ellis (p. 282), Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir) (p. 269), Hugh Hughes (pp. 260, 272, 275), Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn) (p. 235), and Goronwy Owen (p. 263). Antiquarian notes of a later period were added to the manuscript, until c. 1858 (p. 50). For a list of the volume's contents, in the hand of Hugh Hughes, see p. xvii.