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Title
Date(s)
- [1756x1787], 1792 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
v, 156 ff. (some folios blank) ; c. 205 x 160 mm. and less.
Leather over boards; 'Cynfeirdd Cymreig Vol. 7' (ink on spine); bookplate of Evan Evans on f i verso; repaired and rebacked at NLW.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
A composite volume mostly in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), containing poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym, Cynddelw, Guto'r Glyn and Ieuan Fardd and others, some of it 'collected by Dr. Davies of Mallwyd ... [and] transcribed from a MS. which belonged to Bp. Humphreys' (see f. 1) (ff. 1-48, 61-155); a History of Owain Glyndŵr 'out of William Morris [Maurice] of Llansilin's book' (ff. 49-59); etc.
A letter, 7 September 1792, from Hy Hughes, Pencraig, to 'David' is pasted in at the end of the volume.
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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
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Historical Manuscripts Commission, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, ed. by J. Gwenogvryn Evans, 2 vols (London: HMSO, 1898-1910), II (1905), 859-861.
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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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Notes area
Note
Formerly Panton MS 53.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2021B.
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Title based on contents.
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Place access points
Name access points
- Humphreys, Humphrey, 1648-1712 (Subject)
- Maurice, William, -approximately 1680 (Subject)
- Glendower, Owen, approximately 1354-1416 (Subject)
- Davies, John, 1567-1644 (Subject)