Dangos 8579 canlyniad

The first part of the manuscript dates from the mid 14th century and contains an early fragment of the text of Dares Phrygius in Welsh by the scribe known as the 'Anchorite'.
The second and third parts date from the early to mid 15th century and include vaticinatory prose, other texts such as The Life of Anna, and some triads.

Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym by a single scribe dating from the second half of the 15th century. There is also a fragment of material in Welsh relating to the governance of the manors, commotes, hundreds and counties in Wales, together with a list of kings from William the Conqueror to Henry VII, also in Welsh.
There are also three memoranda and letters regarding the manuscript which date from the late 19th century.

A collection of Welsh poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym and others in three different hands, one of the scribes being Dr John Davies, Mallwyd. The manuscript most probably dates from the second half of the 16th century to the first half of the 17th century.
The poems have been collected from a number of manuscripts, including the White Book of Hergest.

Poetry of Gutto ap Siancyn, Dafydd ap Gwilym and others.
The first part of the manuscript is by a single scribe of the mid-15th century. The second part is by several scribes and dates from 1501 to 1540.

Prophecies associated with Myrddin, Taliesin, Sibli and others, in prose and verse, by a single scribe of the 16th century.

Poetry by [Siôn] Brwynog, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Tudur Aled and others, possibly in the hand of [Siôn] Brwynog.

Poetry of Rhys Cain and others in the hand of Rhys Cain, 1574-1590.
Other poets cited include Dafydd Nanmor, Tudur Aled and Lewys Môn.

Pedigrees and genealogies, including those relating to the five kingdoms of Wales; pedigrees of saints; and a synopsis of Biblical history. The manuscript is written in two hands of the second half of the 16th century, both possibly those of Simwnt Fychan.

Pedigrees and genealogies, including Gwehelyth Deheubarth; poetry of Lewys Glyn Cothi, Tudur Aled, Simwnt Fychan and others, including some englynion in English and Latin; the 'Compownd Manual'; and a text concerning the Caerwys Eisteddfod in 1524. Three scribes were involved in the writing of this manuscript, which dates from the second half of the 16th century.

Poetry of Tudur Aled, Guto'r Glyn and others, transcribed late 16th century.

A manuscript in two hands, second quarter of the 17th century, comprising poetry of Owain Gwynedd, Gruffudd Hafren, Siôn Cain and others praising the Lloyd family of Berthlwyd near Llanidloes.

Poetry of Guto'r Glyn, Bedo Brwynllwys, Lewys Morgannwg, Huw Dafi and others; a series of 'cywyddau' directed between Bedo Hafesb and Ieuan Tew; a text by William Salisbury adressing Gruffudd Hiraethog; and the text of Y Deg Tri Arbenig.
The manuscript is in four hands: hand A is that of Dr John Davies of Mallwyd; hands B and C seem to be those of professional clerks; and hand D is that of William Salisbury. There is an index of first lines from A-T in the hands of Dr Davies of Mallwyd and William Maurice of Llansilin.

Poems of Tudur Aled, Lewys Morgannwg and Hywel Dafi ap Ieuan ap Rhys in the hand of Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt.
Also included is the text of the Fifteen Tribes of North Wales; and a letter, 1645, from Jane Davies, widow of Dr Davies, Mallwyd, addressed to Robert Vaughan (pp. 241-242).

Poetry of Llywelyn Fardd fab Cywryd, Cynddelw and others; and 'Englynion Dwad' copied by Robert Vaughan and in his hand.

A collection of cywyddau gathered from various sources by John Jones of Gellilyfdy.
Sources include manuscripts in the hands of Dafydd ap William, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd and Wiliam Thomas ap Edward o Bodfari. The manuscript was written in three stages: from 1609 to 1610, at a later period but prior to 1619, and finally 1621.

Pedigrees in the hands of Gutun Owain and others.

An informal collection of pedigrees in both narrative and tabular form in the variable hand of Gruffudd Hiraethog. Compiled between 1550 (pp. 216, 303) and 1558 (pp. 151, 379, 447, 453) with later additions. Apart from pp. 405-19, the pedigrees are almost all north Welsh. On p. 2, in the hand of Robert Vaughan, ‘Y llyvr mawr y mae Gr Hiraethog yn galw hwnn’ [of which Peniarth MS 133 also formed a part, see P.C. Bartrum, ‘Notes on the Welsh genealogical manuscripts’, Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1976, 106]. For Gruffudd’s named sources, see P.C. Bartrum, ‘Genealogical sources quoted by Gruffudd Hiraethog’, National Library of Wales Journal, 26 (1989-90), 1-9.
On pp. 99-106 and 305-8 are short Welsh armorials in blazon in Welsh, the former, of south Wales bias, drawn in part from ‘llyfr Lewys y Glyn’ [Lewys Glyn Cothi] (pp. 100, 107). On pp. 3-38 is an index in the hand of Wiliam Llŷn, whose foliation 1-248, with irregularities, is on pp. 41-463. Traces of several disrupted earlier foliations survive. Collaborating hands are Simwnt Fychan (pp. 45-6, 49-53, 79, 91, 393-5, and on p. 382 an autograph englyn, and on p. 426 his signature and a calligraphic alphabet), Huws’ X179 (pp. 157-66, 169-70, 171, 327) and Richard Longford (p. 345). There appear to be five collaborating hands, some of them resembling that of Gruffudd Hiraethog: A (fols 107-15); B (p. 167); C (pp. 381-2, once a folded sheet, containing annals and englynion); D (pp. 383-91 and 429-30, the latter leaf is displaced, containing text which came, as Robert Vaughan notes on p. 383, ‘allan or llyfr gwyn o Hergest’ [printed in National Library of Wales Journal, 17 (1971-2), 238-48]); E (pp. 457-62). E, under the heading ‘Swyddinbych Kwmwd Issaled’, transcribes the pedigree of ‘Mayster Robert ap Res ap Meredyth’ [died 1534, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, s.n. Ellis Price], citing ‘iache … o waith Tudyr [A]led a Robertt Iachwr [Robert ab Ieuan ap Hywel]’; the damaged colophon on p. 462 (probably copied with the text) names the scribe ‘[ ... ]s ap Robert ysgolhaic’ and mentions his wish that the book be preserved at ‘blas Mayster Doctor [ ... ]’.

A manuscript in several 16th century hands, including that of John ap Rhys, comprising prophecies attributed to Merlin, Taliesin and others; poetry of Tudur Aled; pedigrees; the Divisions of the Lordship of Powys; and the Blessed Oil.
Various dates occur in the manuscript, for example 1541(p. 183) and 1588 (p. 219); other leaves were written temps Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.

On pp. 1-13 the arms, painted, of John Williams and of offices held by him (excluding the archbishopric of York), with accompanying Latin verse, in calligraphic script, by 'Mercurius Pattenus' (p. 13). Added on p. 14 is the achievement, in trick, of Ystumcolwyn, [17-18 cent.]. On p. 16 are notes on the John Williams scholarships at St John’s College [Cambridge], cf. a note dated 1709 on f. ii.

A collection of the work of Guto’r Glyn, followed on pp. 234-321 by other cywyddau of [15 cent.], all in the hand of Robert Vaughan, writing [mid-17cent., not before 1654]. The beginning of the manuscript was already wanting when it was paginated in [18 cent.]; its end is also wanting. Vaughan added a few variant readings (e.g. pp. 9-11). One watermark appears to be Heawood 3627 [not before 1654].