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Liber Historie Gentis Britonum,

A version of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain written by a single scribe and dating from the 14 th century.
F. 4 is missing and has been replaced by a new vellum leaf, although the old leaf was present when the folios were numbered. The prologue is missing and may have been originally written on the lost leaf.

Llyfr Lewys Ysgolhaig,

A version of the Laws of Hywel Dda compiled by Lewys Ysgolhaig and dating from the mid 15th century.
There are also fragments of farming accounts at the beginning and end of the manuscript, one of which is dated August 1586.

Cyfraith Hywel Dda,

A version of the Laws of Hywel Dda by a single scribe dating from the second half of the 15th century.
According to Peniarth MS 224 the scribe was Roger Morys.

Poetry,

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).

Genealogies,

A manuscript in the hand of several scribes, the first of which may be Siôn Tudur, comprising genealogies; poetry of Ieuan Briwton, Owen Briwton, Guto'r Glyn, Iolo Goch, Siôn Tudur and others; Statud Gruffudd ap Kynan; lists of the sheriffs of Flintshire and Denbighshire; and medical recipes.

Barddoniaeth,

Poems of Dafydd Epynt, Huw Cae Llwyd, Rhys Brychan and others in several hands, including those of Huw Cae Llwyd and Dafydd Epynt, c. 1500.
A vocabulary is included (p. 199).

Llyfr Moelyrch,

Poetry of Guto'r Glyn, William Llyn, Hywel Cilan and others in several hands, [c. 1570].
A few entries are in the hand of William Penllyn. There are extensive marginalia in contemporary and later hands.

Barddoniaeth Lewis Glyn Cothi,

Poetry of Lewis Glyn Cothi, Guto'r Glyn, Siôn Cent, Tudur Aled, Iolo Goch, Hywel Cilan and others; and the Statute of Gruffudd ap Cynan, with William Salesbury's preface to the text.
Also included are two texts relating to Arthur. The first half of the manuscript appears to date from 1576 (p. 1).

Cywyddau ac odlau Guto'r Glyn,

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.

Barddoniaeth,

Poetry of Prydydd y Moch, Bleddyn Fardd and other poets of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, mostly written c. 1605 (p. 305).
Pp. 292-97 are apparently in the hand of Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt.

Barddoniaeth,

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.

Barddoniaeth,

Poetry of Guto'r Glyn, Dafydd ap Gwilym and others, and a speech by Iolo Goch, 1573 - [c.1584].
The manuscript is in six different hands: Part a is dated 1573; Part b is the autograph of Simwnt Fychan; Part c was written before 1584; Part d was written about the same time as Part c; both Part e and Part f were written c. 1580.

Achau,

A collection of pedigrees compiled by Gutun Owain and others.
The manuscript is in four main hands, including apparently that of Ieuan Frechfa.

Achau De Cymru,

A collection of pedigrees mainly of South Wales families, mostly in the hand of Gruffudd Hiraethog, with an index by William Llŷn.

Casgliad o farddoniaeth,

The first part of the volume, written about 1620-1630, consists of poetry by Gruffudd Hiraethog, Tudur Aled and others; the second part is a copy of the greater part of the Black Book of Carmarthen (see Peniarth MS 1) in the hand of Dr John Davies, Mallwyd.

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