File NLW MS 3047C [RESTRICTED ACCESS] - Llyfr Coch Nannau

Identity area

Reference code

NLW MS 3047C [RESTRICTED ACCESS]

Title

Llyfr Coch Nannau

Date(s)

  • [17 cent., second ¼] (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

808 pp. (pp. 15-39, 143-146 blank) ; 270 x 170 mm.

Re-bound in red leather at NLW (previous binding described by Gwenogvryn Evans as 'strongly bound in red leather').

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Archival history

'This book was presented to Griffith Vaughan Esq. The 10th of 7ber [16]78 by his humble Servant Henry Williams of Hendre Vechan' (p. 332); 'Griffith Vauchan of Corsygedol, Esq. is the true owner of this booke the 7th of October 1683 ... In wittnesse whereof I Henry Williams put my hand this day & year Above written' (p. 443); 'Y Llyfr Côch o Nannau a gaeadwyd yn Nhre Ddulun yn flwyddyn 1738 dros Lewis Morris; A thrachefn Ynghaerlleon dros Edw. Parry' (p. 1). For a full list of signatures present in the volume see Gwenorvryn Evans (p. 131). 'Cors-y-gedol Library' ticket.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

A collection of awdlau and cywyddau written during the second quarter of the seventeenth century by William Phylip. The contents are almost entirely poetical, but the volume also includes transcripts of a treatise on poetical composition by William Middleton (pp. 274-302) and on Welsh metres by John Phillipp [Siôn Phylip] (pp. 303-313). The title page, table of contents and an index of poets are in the hand of Lewis Morris (pp. 1, 3-11, 13-14, 40).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • Welsh

Script of material

Language and script notes

Welsh.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Affected by damp; one leaf apparently missing between pp. 648-649.

Finding aids

The poems in this volume are indexed on-line in the Index to Welsh Poetry in Manuscript (MALDWYN): ​https://www.library.wales/index.php?id=12888

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Available on microfilm at the Library.

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Notes area

Note

Formerly Mostyn MS 144.

Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 3047C [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004377631

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000377631

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Place access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

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Physical storage

  • Text: NLW MS 3047C [RESTRICTED ACCESS]; $q - Affected by damp; $z - Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies..
  • Microform: $h - MEICRO NLW MS 3047C.