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- [1608?]. (Creation)
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220 pp. ; 205 x 160 mm. Bound in vellum. Lettered 'Juvenile Tales Welsh MS'.
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Formerly the property of Edward Breese, whose plate is affixed to the cover, and Alfred Ivor Parry of Pwllheli, who sold it to Dr Gwenogvryn Evans in May 1909 for £3.3.0 (see letter and receipt and a note extracted by Dr Evans from Revue Celtique IX.303 placed in the MS).
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A manuscript in the hand of John Jones of Gellilyvdy, containing versions of Ystoria Bown o Hamtwn (incomplete, pages numbered i-xxiv), Ystoria Peredur ap Evrawc (White Book version, written in three portions, pages numbered 1-129), Ystoria Ysgan ap Asgo arglwydd Bodengan yn Isaled yn swydd Ddinbech, and Llyfr Markolf. The manuscript is written in John Jones's earlier orthography and Ystoria Ysgan is dated 23 Dec. 1608.
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Previously J. Gwenogvryn Evans MS I.A.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 19900B.