Miscellanea,
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Ieuan ap William and others.
Saints -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
Welsh language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Astrology -- Early works to 1800.
Dream interpretation -- Early works to 1800.
Palmistry -- Early works to 1850
Traditional medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
Ieuan ap William ap Dafydd ap Einws
Taliesin
Morris, Richard, 1703-1779
Jones, William, 1726-1795
A manuscript containing poetry (pp. 17-42), the poets including Taliesin, Iolo Goch, Dafydd ab Edmwnt and others, with poetry included also within other sections of the text; triads attributed to Taliesin (p. 16); the Rood legend (pp. 97-103); apocryphal gospels (pp. 104-153, 259-269, 272, 274-276); the Purgatory of Patrick (pp. 202-212); lives of saints (pp. 161-187); proverbs and adages, etc. (pp. 10-12, 14-15, 299-300); prayers (pp. 13, 238-250, 255); vocabulary (pp. 95-96); a planisphere, calendar, planetary tables and other astrological material (pp. 43-86, 89-90, 281-291); interpretation of dreams (pp. 91, 94); palmistry (pp. 92-93); directions concerning bleeding, medical recipes, etc. (pp. 1-9, 87-88, 236, 277-280, 300c-301); &c. A note on p. 221 states that 'Ieuan ap William ap dd: ap ejnws ajysgrivenodd yllyvr hwn i gyd ari gost ihvn i gael o bobyl ddifyrwch o hono alles yw heneidiav o hwn'; there are, however, a few pages (pp. 139-142, etc.) in other hands. There is a table of contents at the beginning in the hand of Richard Morris, 1784-1785, and another at the end by ?William Jones, who states that the manuscript was 'procured me by Mr. Holmes of the Tower'.
The dates appended to many of the subjects in the text show that the binder is responsible for the present derangement of the folios.
J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), pp. 568-579.
Formerly Shirburn MS D. 30.
Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 117 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
1544-1552 /
330 pp.Half bound in calf.Imperfect in the middle, with many leaves missing; wanting beginning and end.Imperfect in the middle, with many leaves missing; wanting beginning and end.
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reference:Llanstephan MS 117 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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