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Notebook containing specimens of various metres, compiled by John Ceiriog Hughes.

A collection of sheets containing drafts and copies of poems by John Ceiriog Hughes.

Cyfrol, [1856x1857]-[1860au cynnar], yn llaw Ceiriog, yn bennaf yn cynnwys barddoniaeth, anerchiadau a hwiangerddi (ff. 1-49), ynghyd ag eitemau rhyddion, 1862-1886 (ff. 50-63, mewn amlen archifol). = A volume, [1856x1857]-[early 1860s], in the hand of Ceiriog, containing mostly poetry, speeches and nursery rhymes (ff. 1-49), together with loose items, 1862-1886 (ff. 50-63, in an archival envelope).
Mae'r gyfrol yn cynnwys drafftiau, neu rannau o ddrafftiau, [1850au hwyr]-[1860au cynnar], o dros ugain o gerddi (ff. 17-27 a 36 verso-49 verso (tesun wyneb i waered), 59-60 verso), gan gynnwys 'Gair Tros y Delyn' (f. 24), 'Syr Meurig Grynthwth' (ff. 24 verso-25 verso) ac 'Y Telyniwr dall' (ff. 39-40 verso), a gyhoeddwyd yn Oriau'r Hwyr (Rhuthun, 1860); 'Alun Mabon' (ff. 17 recto-verso), 'Lisi Fluelin yn deir blwydd oed' (f. 18), 'Garibaldi a Charcharor Naples' (ff. 18 verso-19), 'Tywysog Cymru' (f. 23), 'Myfanwy Fychan' (ff. 36 verso-38 verso), 'Y Wlanen' (ff. 43 recto-verso, 46-47), 'Y Glowr' (ff. 44-45 verso), 'Datod mae rhwymau' (f. 48 verso), 'Bum tros y Wyddfa fawr' (f. 48 verso), 'Eich Bachgen' (ff. 48 verso-49) ac 'Evan Benwan (Ail Ran)' (f. 59 recto-verso), a gyhoeddwyd yn Oriau'r Bore (Rhuthun, 1862); a 'Paham mae Dei mor hir yn dod' (ff. 63-64), a gyhoeddwyd yn Oriau Eraill (Wrecsam, [1868]), tt. 63-64. Mae cerddi ar yr Ysgol Sul (f. 41 recto-verso) a Samuel Roberts, Llanbrynmair (f. 42 recto-verso), ymysg eraill, o bosib heb eu cyhoeddi. Ceir hefyd casgliad o saith deg dwy hwiangerdd, [1856x1857], tua chwe deg ohonynt yn ymddangos yn Oriau'r Haf (Wrecsam, [1870]), tt. 21-47 passim (ff. 1-10 verso); ac eitemau o ryddiaith, gan gynnwys anerchiad ar farddoniaeth i Gymdeithas Lenyddol Gymreig Manceinion, [?1858] (ff. 27 verso-34 verso), 'Pilsen i Ffarmwyr' (ff. 35-36 verso), a nodiadau (ff. 23 verso, 26 verso). Mae'r papurau rhyddion yn cynnwys rhestr anghyflawn o alawon Cymreig, [1862], o bosib mewn perthynas â'r gyfrol Cant o Ganeuon (Wrecsam, [1863]) (ff. 50-57), ac anfonebau am gario nwyddau, 1874-1886, oddi wrth y Van Railway Company (ff. 61-63). = The volume includes drafts, or parts of drafts, [late 1850s]-[early 1860s], of over twenty poems (ff. 17-27 a 36 verso-49 verso (inverted text), 59-60 verso), including 'Gair Tros y Delyn' (f. 24), 'Syr Meurig Grynthwth' (ff. 24 verso-25 verso) and 'Y Telyniwr dall' (ff. 39-40 verso), published in Oriau'r Hwyr (Ruthin, 1860); 'Alun Mabon' (ff. 17 recto-verso), 'Lisi Fluelin yn deir blwydd oed' (f. 18), 'Garibaldi a Charcharor Naples' (ff. 18 verso-19), 'Tywysog Cymru' (f. 23), 'Myfanwy Fychan' (ff. 36 verso-38 verso), 'Y Wlanen' (ff. 43 recto-verso, 46-47), 'Y Glowr' (ff. 44-45 verso), 'Datod mae rhwymau' (f. 48 verso), 'Bum tros y Wyddfa fawr' (f. 48 verso), 'Eich Bachgen' (ff. 48 verso-49) and 'Evan Benwan (Ail Ran)' (f. 59 recto-verso), published in Oriau'r Bore (Ruthin, 1862); and 'Paham mae Dei mor hir yn dod' (ff. 63-64), published in Oriau Eraill (Wrexham, [1868]), pp. 63-64. Poems on the Sunday School (f. 41 recto-verso) and on Samuel Roberts, Llanbrynmair (f. 42 recto-verso), amongst others, are possibly unpublished. Also included is a collection of seventy-two nursery rhymes, [1856x1857], some sixty of which appear in Oriau'r Haf (Wrexham, [1870]), pp. 21-47 passim (ff. 1-10 verso); and prose items including a speech on poetry for Cymdeithas Lenyddol Gymreig Manceinion, [?1858] (ff. 27 verso-34 verso), 'Pilsen i Ffarmwyr' (ff. 35-36 verso), and notes (ff. 23 verso, 26 verso). The loose papers include an incomplete list of Welsh airs, [1862], possibly in connection with the publication of Cant o Ganeuon (Wrexham, [1863]) (ff. 50-57), and invoices for the carriage of goods, 1874-1886, from the Van Railway Company (ff. 61-63).

Poetry submitted for competition at eisteddfodau held at Trefeglwys and Gleiniant, 1881, with draft adjudications by John Ceiriog Hughes, and a draft letter by Nicholas Bennett.

Transcripts by Robert Oliver Rees of poetry, letters, etc., by David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) and of poetry by others relating to him and his work.

Miscellaneous papers kept by John Ceiriog Hughes comprising draft poetry, adjudications, correspondence, notes, and accounts; lawsuit papers, including a draft summons to Isaac Clarke, printer and publisher, of Ruthin, 1862, concerning inter alia the copyright of Oriau'r Bore; proof sheets of John Ceiriog Hughes's application and testimonials for an appointment as commercial traveller, 1871, and of the prospectus of the Mynyddog Memorial appeal, 1877; and a small poster advertising meetings of 'Cymdeithas Lenyddol Gymreig Manceinion', 1858, including lectures by John Hughes (Ceiriog) and William Williams (Creuddynfab).

A volume, [19 cent., third ¼], containing a copy of the poem Myfanwy Fychan by John Ceiriog Hughes (Ceiriog) in the author's hand.

Poetry and prose pieces, mainly drafts, by John Ceiriog Hughes (ff. 5 verso-6 verso, 11 recto-verso, 25 verso, 27 verso-52), written in a volume previously used as a ledger, probably by a Yorkshire or Lancashire manufacturer or trader, 1833-1850, and containing particulars of financial and trade transactions and details of wages paid to weavers, 1834 (ff. 2 verso-30 verso).
Ceiriog subsequently repurposed the volume as a scrap book, pasting in numerous press cuttings and obscuring the original text. At NLW the cuttings were floated off and mounted in separate volumes (see NLW MSS 4552-3D).

A fair copy of 'Rhiangerdd Syr Owen Tudor a Chatrin o Ffrainc gan Richmond' as submitted for competition at the National Eisteddfod held at Bangor in 1874.

A notebook containing a holograph version, with notes, of 'Rhiangerdd Catrin Tudor' by John Ceiriog Hughes.

A volume, 1860-1867, containing holograph poetry by T. Glwysfryn Hughes, together with a number of press cuttings of his poetry, published in Yr Herald Cymraeg, 1864-1867.

A copy-book, [c. 1864], in the hand of William Thomas (Islwyn), containing adjudications in Welsh on four poetical competitions at an unspecified eisteddfod (ff. 3 verso-24 verso), including writing an epic elegy for John Robert Pryse (Golyddan) (ff. 3 verso-6).
There are also notes on epic poems (f. 1 recto-verso).

The autograph manuscript of an ode in English, with a Welsh translation, by John Ceiriog Hughes (Ceiriog), which was composed for competition at the Aberystwyth National Eisteddfod, 1865. The ode bears the nom-de-plume 'Arthur Tudor' (f. 6).

A volume containing poetry, [c. 1863], in Welsh, by Richard R. Williams, Llangollen.

A volume, 1863-1864, in the autograph of John Ceiriog Hughes, formerly bearing the title 'Ysgriblau Rhif 4', containing the following poems [titles or first lines]: 'Breuddwyd y Bardd'; 'Cymry gasglant tan y Ddraig'; 'Dydd trwy'r Ffenestr'; 'Bugail yr Hafod (unawd)'; 'Magnelau croch...'; 'Merch y Dolydd Gleision'; 'Bedd Llewelyn'; 'Mae geny' galon Lawen'; 'Rhosyn yr Haf'; 'Bugail yr Hafod (deuawd)'; 'It is my wedding morn'; 'Paham mae Dei mor hir yn dod?'; 'Ple mae fy Nhad?'; 'Eben Fardd'; 'Peth anhawdd Iawn yw peidio'; 'Ceisiais drysor yn y byd'; 'Bedd Catrin Madog'; 'Eryri Wen os na ddaw'm troed'; 'Mae John yn mynd i Loegr'; 'Beacons on the hill are burning'; Penillion: 'Diwrnod Golchi'; 'Diwrnod Pobi'; 'Diwrnod Ffair'; 'Diwrnod Cneifio'; 'Diwrnod Clwb'; 'Diwrnod Eisteddfod'; 'Diwrnod wedi'r Eisteddfod'; 'Diwrnod Lladd Mochyn'; 'Diwrnod Tal'; 'Diwrnod Rhent'; 'Diwrnod Gwyl'; 'Diwrnod Priodas'; 'Pleasures & Sorrows'; 'The Song of the Door'; 'Gwlad Wynedd'; 'Fy Nheulu Bach fy Hun'; 'I'm proud to remember my fathers'; 'Rhyw ddeuddeng mlwydd yn ôl'; 'John Jones and John Bull', 'Ceffyl yr hen bregethwr'; 'I met a Shepherd Boy'; 'John Jones a John Bull'; 'Ar y Cyntaf o Fai'; 'On this merry May morn'; 'Chwi' s'yn hoffi blodau'r trefydd'; 'Only once in every year'; 'Banllefwn feibion Llafur'; 'Old Britain's merry workmen'; 'You've heard I presume'; 'As an Exile'; and 'Er mynd ym Mhell o Walia Wen'.

Llawysgrif yn dwyn y teitl 'Detholiad o adroddiadau (recitations) Cymreig mewn rhyddiaith a barddoniaeth, dwys a llon. Testun yr Eisteddfod Genhedlaethol 1863' yn cynnwys englynion (tt. 1-7), awdlau a chywyddau (tt. 7-15), caneuon a phryddestau (tt. 15-21), canu caeth a chanu rhydd (tt. 21-48) a rhyddiaith (tt. 49-72). Mae'r awdur yn anhysbys. = A manuscript entitled 'Detholiad o adroddiadau (recitations) Cymreig mewn rhyddiaith a barddoniaeth, dwys a llon. Testun yr Eisteddfod Genhedlaethol 1863' ['Selection of Welsh Recitations in Prose and Poetry, Grave and Gay. Subject for the National Eisteddfod 1863'], containing transcripts of englynion (pp. 1-7), odes and cywyddau (pp. 7-15), songs and pryddestau (pp. 15-21), verse in strict and free metres (pp. 21-48) and prose (pp. 49-72). The author is unknown.
Ymysg y beirdd a gynrhychiolir mae [William Williams] (Caledfryn) (tt. 1, 34, 41-42, 44-48), [William Rees] (Gwilym Hiraethog) (tt. 1, 8-9, 37, 40-44), [Richard Foulkes Edwards] (R[hisiart] Ddu o Wynedd) (tt. 2, 3), [Evan Jones] (Ieuan Gwynedd) (tt. 3, 38), [Thomas Essile Davies] (D[ewi] W[yn] o Essyllt) (tt. 3-4, 7-8, 17-18), [David Owen] (D[ewi] Wyn o Eifion) (tt. 4, 9), [Robert Ellis] (Cynddelw) (tt. 9-10, 23-24), [William Ellis Jones] (Cawrdaf) (tt. 10-11, 33-34), [John] Ceiriog [Hughes] (tt. 19-20, 25, 29-31, 47), [John Jones] (Tegid) (tt. 24, 31), [Robert Parry] (Robyn Ddu o Eryri) (tt. 36, 45-46) a [David Thomas] (D[afydd] Ddu o Eryri) (tt. 36-39, 42, 44). Ymysg y darnau rhyddaith mae yna dri darn gan J[ohn] Roberts [J.R.] (tt. 49-56, 60-64, 66-69). Roedd y testun yn rhif 4 yn adran Rhyddiaith Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1863; yn y pen draw rhannwyd y wobr rhwng J. D. Jones, Rhuthun, Rhydderch o Fôn a Gwilym Teilo. = Amongst the poets represented are [William Williams] (Caledfryn) (pp. 1, 34, 41-42, 44-48), [William Rees] (Gwilym Hiraethog) (pp. 1, 8-9, 37, 40-44), [Richard Foulkes Edwards] R[hisiart] Ddu o Wynedd (pp. 2, 3), [Evan Jones] (Ieuan Gwynedd) (pp. 3, 38), [Thomas Essile Davies] (D[ewi] W[yn] o Essyllt) (pp. 3-4, 7-8, 17-18), [David Owen] (D[ewi] Wyn o Eifion) (pp. 4, 9), [Robert Ellis] (Cynddelw) (pp. 9-10, 23-24), [William Ellis Jones] (Cawrdaf) (pp. 10-11, 33-34), [John] Ceiriog [Hughes] (pp. 19-20, 25, 29-31, 47), [John Jones] (Tegid) (pp. 24, 31), [Robert Parry] (Robyn Ddu o Eryri) (pp. 36, 45-46) and [David Thomas] (D[afydd] Ddu o Eryri) (pp. 36-39, 42, 44). The prose pieces include three items by J[ohn] Roberts [J.R.] (pp. 49-56, 60-64, 66-69). The subject was No. 4 in the Prose section of the 1863 National Eisteddfod; the prize was ultimately shared between J. D. Jones, Ruthin, Rhydderch o Fôn and Gwilym Teilo.

A volume, 1860-1862, in the autograph of John Ceiriog Hughes, formerly bearing the title 'Ysgriblau Rhif 3', containing the following poems [titles or first lines]: 'Ryw frawd o Sais oedd Laurence Lowe'; 'Yn araf y cerddasom'; 'Ar y dolydd eang'; 'Calon Wladgar ydyw Calon Dyn'; 'Tua Thegid Dewch'; 'Ar Noson galan Gauaf'; 'Mae'r eira'n dod'; 'Mae llawer ffordd i lofruddio dyn'; 'Cath Modryb Mari'; 'Ymgom' - [Pobol Ty nesaf]; 'Wrth weled fy enw mewn argraff'; 'Aeth Owain Glyndwr ar ei daith'; Penillion; 'Bore ddoe pan oeddwn allan'; 'Mae gan i ac mae gan lawer'; 'Dywedwyd wrthyf gan gyfreithiwr'; 'Difyrwch gwyr Dyfi a gwyr Dinas Bran'; 'Clywais edliw ar y pentan'; 'Main a mwyn yw min menywod'; 'Bran y mor yw'r deryn dua'; 'Mae'r hen eisteddfod eto'n fyw'; 'Gwn am wraig yn Nghymru wen'; 'Mae Llyn Tegid meddynt hwy'; 'Mae dy wraig di mewn caledi'; 'Er i Lewis Morys Mon'; 'Anhawdd iawn yw penderfynu'; 'Iaith fy mam, wyf fi am'; 'Bum am bedair blwydd ar hugain'; 'Gadael y Tir'; 'Lili'r dwr a gar y llynoedd'; 'Hir bu'r bachau cig yn weigion'; 'Serch-hudol yw, pobpeth sy'n byw'; 'Calon drom a meddwl isel'; 'I gadw'r iaith Gymraeg yn bur'; 'Y postman sydd yn dyfod'; 'Alun Mabon'; 'Ffarwel iti Gymru fad'; 'Mae gennyf bedwar bachgen'; 'Roedd pedair geneth fechan'; 'Castell Conwy'; 'Hen frenin symyl oedd Morgan Hen'; 'Hir oes i'r Frenhines'; and 'Castell Caernarfon'; and a draft of a letter relating to the publishing of 'Alun Mabon' in Oriau'r Bore (Ruthin, 1862).

A portfolio (T. J. & J. Smith's Improved Manifold Writer) containing two copy books of letters and poems by John Ceiriog Hughes, 1857-1860.

A copy of John Ceiriog Hughes, Oriau'r Hwyr (Ruthin, [1860]), with press cuttings of reviews on blank leaves bound in at the end of the volume.

Account book, 1840-1851, of [the Rev. Lewis Richards] of Llanerfyl, Montgomeryshire.
The volume also contains a few memoranda, as well as an 'Englyn i Barlwr y Parchg L. Richards' by Ieuan Cadfan [?Evan Breece], dated 6 January 1844 (inside front cover), and a verse by [John] Black[we]ll (on front flyleaf).