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- [1588], [19 cent.]. (Creation)
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A scrap-book of John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') lettered 'Cadw mi gei'. The manuscript items include a list in the hand of 'Myrddin Fardd' of family mottoes of North Wales interest; English translations by Henry W[illia]m Hewlett, 34 Great James Street, Bedford Row [London], c.1827-8, and Welsh translations by 'Myrddin Fardd', c. 1876-8, of public records relating to Pwllheli and Criccieth; glossaries by 'Myrddin Fardd' of Welsh words (e.g. obscure words, flower names); an explanatory list by 'Myrddin Fardd' of Caernarvonshire place-names; entries by 'Myrddin Fardd' of sales by him of manuscripts to D. G. Goodwin, Salop, 1893, and to J. H. Davies, Cwrt Mawr, 1899-1900; entries by 'Myrddin Fardd' of births, deaths and burials of members of his family; and a holograph 'englyn' ('Beddargraff Owen Jones (Manoethwy)') by E[llis] O[wen], Cefnymeusydd, 1866. The press cuttings cover a wide range of Welsh literary and antiquarian interests and include portraits of Welsh celebrities, prospectuses and reviews of publications by 'Myrddin Fardd', prospectuses of Arwest Farddol Glan Geirionydd, 1880, 1888-9, fragments of Y Beibl Cyssegr-Lan (1588), being the first complete Welsh translation of the Bible (with notes by 'Myrddin Fardd' on the disposal of two copies of this edition of the Bible once in his possession), etc. The volume is numbered '1' on the upper cover and on the upper end-paper.
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Welsh, English.
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Preferred citation: 830D.
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- Arwest Glan Geirionydd -- 1880 (Subject)
- Arwest Glan Geirionydd 1888 (Subject)
- Arwest Glan Geirionydd 1889 (Subject)
- Myrddin Fardd, 1836-1921 -- Family -- Birth (Subject)
- Myrddin Fardd, 1836-1921 -- Family -- Death and burial (Subject)
- Jones, Owen, 1838-1866 -- Death and burial -- Poetry (Subject)
- Myrddin Fardd, 1836-1921 (Subject)
- Hewlett, Henry William (Subject)
- Owen, Ellis, 1789-1868 (Subject)