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Title
Date(s)
- 1592, [17 cent., second ½]-[mid-18 cent.] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
170 ff. (ff. [1]-[4 verso], [1]-[4 verso], [1]-[4 verso], pp. 1-304 continued to end) ; 275 x 180 mm.
Bound in full calf, early eighteenth century, with blind tooling on both covers; five raised bands with blind and gold tooling and 'CAMBRO BRYTANNICÆ CYMRAEC DAUIDE RHÆSI' and '1592' in gold on spine. 'Porkington Library Shelf 1 Case 7 No 52' (label inside front cover).
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Name of creator
Archival history
The earliest recorded owner of the volume is 'Daniell Dauies 1640' (title page); it was in the possession of Robert and Mary Lloyd during the second half of the seventeenth century (see pp. 49, 95 and 157), and was later given by Mary Lloyd to Ffoulk Edwardes, 'Linguae Cymraecae Ffoulk Edwardes His book the giuft of Marey Lloyd', [17/18 cent.] (p. 156). Other names which occur are 'John Evans', [18 cent.] (title-page), 'Robert Humphreys', [18 cent.] (title-page), 'Moris Owen', [17/18 cent.] (title-page), 'John Jones Esq', [17 cent.] (**[1], p. 151), 'Rodericke Llewis', [17 cent.] (p. 57), 'Hugh Da[ ]', [17/18 cent.] (p. 66), and 'Dauid Lloy[d]', [17/18 cent.] (p. 245).
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
A copy of Siôn Dafydd Rhys, Cambrobrytannicæ Cymraecæve Lingvae Institvtiones et Rvdimenta... (London: Thomas Orwin, 1592, ESTC S115912), with manuscript additions in a number of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century hands throughout the volume and on the back fly-leaves, including Welsh verse in strict and free metre on pp. 98, 151, 196, 200 and 308-309, and 'pedwar mesir arhigain Cerdd Dant', 'y pedwar mesir arhugain Cerdd dafod' and 'y saith fesur ar hugain, ne'r saith fesurau [Cerdd Dant]' on pp. 305-307, together with a drawing of a Welsh triple harp and a diagram illustrating the tuning of its three sets of strings on p. 308.
The Welsh verses on p. 98 are probably in the hand of Robert Lloyd, whose name occurs on pp. 95, 98 and 157, and those on pp. 196 and 200 in the hand of Ffoulk Edwardes, whose name occurs on p. 156. The eighteenth-century hand which added the dates to poems on pp. 45, 164, 181, 183, 184, 190 and 248 probably also copied the verses on pp. 151, 248 and the texts on pp. 305-309.
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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
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Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A detailed list of the contents is available at https://archives.library.wales/external_documents/brogii41.pdf
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Publication note
E. D. Jones, 'The Brogyntyn Welsh manuscripts', National Library of Wales Journal, 8 (1953-4), 1-32 (p. 15).
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Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: Brogyntyn MS II.41 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Place access points
Name access points
- Lloyd, Robert, fl. late 17 cent. (Subject)
- Edwardes, Ffoulk. (Subject)
- Rhys, John David, 1534-1609 (Subject)