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- [16-17 cents] / (Creation)
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Paginated 15-244.Bound in calf.At pp. 211-240 the text is more or less defective at the top corners throughout, and also at the bottom corners of pp. 238-240.At pp. 211-240 the text is more or less defective at the top corners throughout, and also at the bottom corners of pp. 238-240.
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A manuscript containing poetry by Dafydd Benwyn, Lewys Morganwg, Rhisiart ap Rhys and others (pp. 15-202, 207-210, 241-243); prophecies of Merlin and of St David (pp. 205-206); biblical history (pp. 211-240); &c. There is a table of contents on p. 204.
Pp. 15-107 are in the autograph of Dafydd Benwyn (see pp. 25, 78, 81); pp. 110-203 were written c. 1624 (see p. 110); and pp. 211-240 are in the same hand as that in Llanstephan MS 134. The remaining pages are in various hands: pp. 108-109 and four lines of p. 209 may be in the autograph of Siôn Mawddwy, and pp. 241-243 may be in that of Edward Dafydd. For other copies of the text at pp. 211-240 (which is defective) see Peniarth MSS 20 and 253, and British Museum MS Cleopatra B. v.
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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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J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), pp. 747-753.
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Digital version available https://hdl.handle.net/10107/4525361 (November 2023)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Breese MS.
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Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 164 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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- Merlin (Legendary character) -- Prophecies (Subject)
- David, Saint, active 6th century -- Prophecies (Subject)
- Edward Dafydd (Subject)
- Dafydd Benwyn, 16th cent. (Subject)
- Siôn Mawddwy, approximately 1575-1613 (Subject)
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