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Saunders Lewis: Paham y llosgasom yr ysgol fomio,

  • NLW MS 23078C
  • File
  • 1936 /

Original manuscript of the Welsh text of Saunders Lewis's address to the jury during his trial at Caernarfon Assizes, October 1936, for arson at the Penyberth Bombing School. The Welsh text, described by Saunders Lewis as 'partly strict translation but in part a separate and different composition' (see NLW MS 22951C, f. i), was subsequently published as a pamphlet Paham y Llosgasom yr Ysgol Fomio (1936).

Lewis, Saunders, 1893-1985

Caernarfon court speech,

First draft of Saunders Lewis's address to the jury during his trial at Caernarfon Assizes, October 1936, for arson at Penyberth Bombing School. The address was subsequently published as a pamphlet, Why we burnt the Bombing School (1936). Also included is a draft of his account entitled 'The Story of the Burning' (ff. 32-8).

Dyddiadur

Mae'r dyddiadur yn cynnwys nodiadau bras a luniwyd yn ddiweddarach ynglŷn â'r cyfarfod cyntaf i drafod y brotest yn erbyn yr ysgol fomio ym Mhenyberth.