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- 1763-1769 (Creation)
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179 ff. (tudalenwyd i-xxx a 1a yn LlGC o flaen y tudaleniad gwreiddiol o 1-326; tt. 6-9, 16-17, 22-23, 26-27, 48a-b, 93-96, 297-298, 305-306, 311-312 o'r tudaleniad gwreiddiol ar goll) ; 320 x 205 mm.
Trwsiwyd, digidwyd ac ail-rwymwyd y llawysgrif yn LlGC, Hydref 2008-Mawrth 2009. Plygwyd un ddalen (tt. xxiii-xxiv) cyn ei rhwymo. Diogelwyd y cloriau lledr gwreiddiol gyda'r gyfrol, ynghyd â chopi o ewyllys Hugh Hughes, dyddiedig 27 Chwefror 1776, a dau ddernyn o lythyrau, 19 ganrif.
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Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd or Ieuan Brydydd Hir, 1731-1788), scholar, poet and critic, was born in the parish of Lledrod, Cardiganshire. Even before he entered Merton College, Oxford, in 1750 Evans had made the acquaintance of such prominent literary and antiquarian figures as the Morris brothers - Lewis, Richard and William - of Anglesey, William Wynn of Llangynhafal and Goronwy Owen. Throughout his clerical career - he was ordained in 1755 - Evans would spend much of his time collecting and copying Welsh manuscripts of literary and historical interest, including poetry from the Red Book of Hergest, all the while making contact with others engaged in the same pursuit such as David Jones of Trefriw, Rhys Jones of Blaenau and John Powel of Llansannan, as well as English antiquaries such as Daines Barrington. In 1764 Evans published his seminal work Some specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards, in which he attempted to interpret the substantial output of Welsh poetry, much of it produced at court, from the sixth to the sixteenth century. Arguably the greatest Welsh scholar of his age, Evans possessed an in-depth knowledge of the contents of Welsh manuscripts in the various private libraries of the time and was well acquainted with the works of the great Welsh scholars from the Renaissance onwards. He realised that the chief requirement of Welsh scholarship in his day and age was the publication of the texts of the principal manuscripts which related to the history and literature of Wales. Although Evans himself ultimately failed in his endeavours to achieve this goal, the brilliant work he did accomplish earned him a position of unquestioned importance within the field of Welsh scholarship.
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'Hugh Hughes Ty Mawr Llandyfrydog Ner Llanner[chymedd]' (t. v), 'Y Llyfr Hwn wyf yn ei hodi i fy mab Dafydd Hughes ar ôl i mi derfynu or Byd yma' (t. vii). Ychwanegwyd englyn mewn pensil 'i Lyfr y Bardd Coch' gan 'G. Caledfryn', dyddiedig 29 Rhagfyr 1828, ar t. xxix (bu William Williams, 'Caledfryn', yn weinidog yn Llannerch-y-medd, 1829-1832).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr John Iwan Parry Hughes, disgynnydd i Hugh Hughes; Dinbych-y-pysgod; Pryniad; Hydref 2007; 004488308.
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Cyfrol o achau, cerddi a nodion hynafiaethol, dyddiedig 1766 (ond a luniwyd tua 1763-1769), yn llaw Hugh Hughes (Y Bardd Coch o Fôn), ac sy'n dwyn y teitl 'Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog [ne]u'r Gell Gymmysg' (t. xxv). Canolbwyntia rhan gyntaf y gyfrol ar achau disgynyddion Pymtheg Llwyth Gwynedd, y mwyafrif yn deuluoedd o Fôn (tt. 1-91; rhestrir y teuluoedd ar tt. xxvii-xxix). Ychwanegwyd arfbais liwiedig teulu Llwydiarth Esgob i gyd-fynd ag ach Hugh Hughes ei hunan ar t. 40. = A volume of pedigrees, poems and antiquarian notes, dated 1766 (but compiled around 1763-1769), in the hand of Hugh Hughes (Y Bardd Coch o Fôn), and entitled 'Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog [ne]u'r Gell Gymmysg' (p. xxv). Pedigrees of the descendants of the Fifteen Tribes of North Wales, mostly Anglesey families, fill the first part of the volume (pp. 1-91; the families are listed on pp. xxvii-xxix). The coloured arms of the family of Llwydiarth Esgob are appended to the pedigree of Hugh Hughes himself (p. 40).
Cynhwysa'r gyfrol hefyd nodiadau hynafiaethol (t. 97 passim), trioedd a chynghorion (tt. 107-110, 116-119), ynghyd â nifer helaeth o gerddi Cymraeg (t. xiii passim), rhai wedi eu copïo o 'Delyn Ledr' William Morris, Caergybi (bellach BL Add. MS 14873) (tt. xvi, 119), ac eraill o gyfrol Evan Evans, Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards (London, 1764) (t. 182). Ymysg cerddi cyfoes y llawysgrif, ceir rhai gan David Ellis (t. 282), Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir) (t. 269), Hugh Hughes (tt. 260, 272, 275), Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn) (t. 235), a Goronwy Owen (t. 263). Diweddarwyd rhai o nodiadau hynafiaethol y gyfrol mewn dwylo diweddarach, hyd oddeutu 1858 (t. 50). Am restr o gynnwys y gyfrol, yn llaw Hugh Hughes, gweler t. xvii. = The volume also contains antiquarian notes (p. 97 passim), triads and wisdom (pp. 107-110, 116-119), together with a great number of Welsh poems (p. xiii passim), some copied from the 'Telyn Ledr' of William Morris of Holyhead (now BL Add. MS 14873) (pp. xvi, 119), and others from Evan Evans' Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards (London, 1764) (p. 182). Amongst contemporary poems in the manuscript are compositions by David Ellis (p. 282), Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir) (p. 269), Hugh Hughes (pp. 260, 272, 275), Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn) (p. 235), and Goronwy Owen (p. 263). Antiquarian notes of a later period were added to the manuscript, until c. 1858 (p. 50). For a list of the volume's contents, in the hand of Hugh Hughes, see p. xvii.
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Mynediad at y llawysgrif wreiddiol trwy ganiatad yn unig. Cyfeirir defnyddwyr ar gopiau dirprwyol.
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Amodau hawlfraint arferol.
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- Welsh
- English
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Cymraeg, Saesneg.
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Copi digidol ar gael http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4387990 (Medi 2020)
Copi digidol ar gael https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/manuscripts/early-modern-period/llyfr-melyn-tyfrydog
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Publication note
Maredudd ap Huw, 'Diogelu "Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog"', Tlysau'r Hen Oesoedd, 26 (Hydref 2009), 3.
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Teitl gwreiddiol.
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Cyfeirir at gyflwr drylliedig y llawysgrif yng nghyfrol Richard Parry (Gwalchmai), Enwogion Mon (Amlwch, 1877), 56-57.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23969F.
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- Llwydiarth Esgob (Wales : Farm) -- Genealogy. (Subject)
- Morris, William, 1705-1763. (Subject)
- Hughes, Hugh, 1693-1776 -- Family (Subject)
- Evans, Evan, 1731-1788 (Subject)
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Wrth lunio'r disgrifiad hwn dilynwyd canllawiau LlGC a seiliwyd ar ISAD(G) Ail Argraffiad; rheolau AACR2; ac LCSH
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Mawrth 2011.
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- Welsh
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Lluniwyd y disgrifiad gan Maredudd ap Huw;
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