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- [18 cent.]. (Creation)
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200 pp. (text ends at p. 163) : paper ; 156 x 98 to 96 mm. Rebound at NLW.
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Given by G. Arthur Jones to W. W. E. Wynne, Esq. of Peniarth in 1871. The manuscript was given to G. Arthur Jones by Rowland fab Owen and formerly belonged to one of the Saunderson family of Bala who emigrated to America about twenty years previously; the transcript is that of a manuscript in their possession, then thought to have been burned in America.
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Poetry of Rice Jones, William Wynn of Llangynhafal, Goronwy Owen, John Roberts and others; and an 18th century transcript of 'Llyfr Rowland Huw o'r Graenyn', and other texts.
Included is a letter which explains the provenance and background of this manuscript, and also of the manuscript of which pp. 113-153 is a transcript.
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Welsh, English.
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A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), 1028.
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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/5004626 (December 2019)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 203 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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