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Typescript transcripts, 1950, 1955, by C. V. Appleton, of a manuscript history and registers of Bethany Baptist Church, St Mary Street, Cardiff.
The typescripts include a transcript, 1955, of a register of church members, 1806-1864 (ff. 6-37), with indexes of surnames and places (ff. 38-51); an incomplete transcript, 1950, of the original register of births, 1804-1837, and deaths, 1807-1814 (ff. 55-62), with an index of names (ff. 63-64); and a transcript, 1955, of part of an early history of the Church, probably written by Thomas Hopkins, a founding member of the Church (ff. 2-4). A covering letter from the donor, 22 July 1955, is included (f. i).

An account by Morgan Parr, Aberdare, of a tea and concert held by Bethany Baptist Church, Pembroke Dock, 8 February, 1938, in honour of the ninetieth birthday of Mr. G. Mathias; together with a printed ticket and a covering holograph letter from Morgan Parr to W. Mathias, son of G. Mathias [1938].

The original manuscript of 'Bethany', a sacred cantata in two parts for solo and chorus of mixed voices, with organ, piano or orchestral accompaniment. Words by William ap Madoc and music by W. Rhys-Herbert, 1909.

Unbound miscellaneous papers including certificates for the registry of Bethel Congregational Chapel, Caergwrle, as a place of worship and for the solemnization of marriages, 1852-1909, with a covering letter from Hugh G. Roberts, clerk and superintendent registrar of the Hawarden Union, Broughton, near Chester, 1909; a certificate of shares in the Welsh Baptist Assurance Trust, Limited, issued to John Jones of Cwmburry, Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, 1903; and a letter, [18]98, from Jack Warren, from H.M.S. Furious, Lough Swilly, Ireland, to J. Gough ('Dear old Taff').

Minutes, 15 July-15 December, 1873, of a committee to consider the establishment of a British School at Bethesda, Caernarvonshire. The secretaries of the committee were John Jones, bookseller, and W. J. Parry, and the present volume is in the latter's hand.

A small group of papers, 1902, concerning the 'Bethesda Welsh Choir' / 'y Côr Cymreig o Bethesda' (f. 1), being Choir No. 2 of the Penrhyn Relief Fund, relating to a fundraising tour of London and South-East England during the Penrhyn Quarry Strike of 1900-1903.
The papers comprise a collection of signatures and autograph postal addresses of twenty-three choir members, 28 October 1902 (f. 1), 16 December 1902 (f. 2 recto-verso) and undated (ff. 3, 4), together with a note in the hand of C. Sheridan Jones, author of the book What I Saw at Bethesda (London, 1903) and secretary of the London Central Relief Fund Committee (f. 2 verso). These were written to thank their host on both occasions, Mrs [Harriet J.] Boggis, 4 Pembury Road, [Tottenham, London]. A group photograph of the choir is also included (f. 5), while a set of printed photographs of choir members, taken from an unidentified publication, have been individually mounted on f. 1 verso.

A volume containing a copy, in a hand of the second half of the sixteenth-century, of a verse play in Middle Cornish, based upon the life of St Kea, a Celtic saint venerated in Cornwall and Brittany (see Albert le Grand (de Morlaix), Les vies des saints de la Bretagne Armorique (Quimper, 5th edition, 1901), pp. 561-567) (ff. 1-8 verso).
The second part of the text (ff. 9-20 verso) derives from the accounts given in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniæ (Books ix.15, x.1-13, xi. 1-2) of King Arthur's quarrel with the Roman emperor Lucius Hiberius over the tribute which the Britons were required to pay to Rome, and of the clandestine relationship of Arthur's nephew, Modred, with Queen Guenevere.

A copy of The Holy Bible ... (Oxford, 1854) presented to Henry Richard (1812-1888), Secretary of the Peace Society, as part of a testimonial from a few of his friends, whose names are recorded 'as a token of their high appreciation of his devoted and persevering public labours, to advance the great cause of Permanent and Universal Peace'. Included in the list are the names of John Bright (1811-1889), Richard Cobden (1804-1865) and Samuel Gurney (1816-1882).

A Bible, from Tintern Abbey, the Books in the usual order of 13 cent. French Bibles (see N. R. Ker and A. J. Piper, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries (Oxford, 1969- ), I, 96-7) except that it lacks the Prayer of Manasses and includes after Ecclesiasticus the Prayer of Solomon. Compared with the usual set of prologues there are many omissions and divergencies. Written by two scribes. Good decorated initials. Substantial glossing by hands of 13 cent.

A Bible, from Norwich Cathedral Priory, the Books in the usual order of thirteenth-century Bibles (see N. R. Ker and A. J. Piper, Medieval manuscripts in British libraries (Oxford, 1969- ), I, 96-7) except that it lacks the Prayer of Manasses and includes the Prayer of Solomon after Ecclesiasticus. The prologues are the standard set with some omissions and divergencies. Written in Italy by one scribe. The running-titles and chapter numbers in alternate red and blue and the small chapter initials in red and blue were executed in Italy; the large initials in divided red and blue at the beginning of the General Prologue and each Book are the work of an English illuminator. On f. 344 verso there is a list of the names of ten magistri, six of whom are known to have been in Oxford at the beginning of the fourteenth century. Substantial glossing by English hands of the thirteenth-fifteenth centuries.

A pocket Bible, the books in the usual order and with the usual prologues of thirteenth century French Bibles (see N. R. Ker and A. J. Piper, Medieval manuscripts in British libraries (Oxford, 1969- ), I, 96-7) except that a prologue to the Book of Wisdom is wanting. Decoration of good quality: historiated initials on f. 1 (St Jerome writing) and f. 4 (the seven days of the Creation in roundels and a crucifixion) and initials embodying monsters, lions, birds, cats, etc. for all Books and prologues. Followed on ff. 471-508 verso by the dictionary of Hebrew names and, on ff. 510-16, added in a contemporary hand, a Franciscan list of liturgical readings for the temporale, sanctorale and commune. On f. 518 verso in an English hand of the second half of the thirteenth century are the verses Pocula ianus amat februarius algeo clamat (Walther 14217).

Bibliographical and biographical notes by Rees Jenkin Jones. (Formerly Rees Jenkin Jones MS.) English, Welsh. American cloth. Donated by Dr Goronwy Jones, Swansea.

Miscellaneous bibliographical and other notes including an incomplete transcript of The Bleeding of Iphigena ... Louvain, 1674; an epigram 'on the marriage of the two sisters the Baroness Howe to Mr. Phipps and the Marchioness of Sligo to Sir William Scott'; a note by Edward Jones ('Bardd y Brenin') on an air entitled 'O Rourk's Feast'; and a drawing of the arms of Ireland by 'R.D.H.I.'.

A volume of notes taken by Timothy Lewis at Dr J. Gwenogvryn Evans's lectures on palaeography at the University of Manchester, 1906-1907 (ff. 20-56); Lewis's printed registration book for the University of Berlin, 1908 (ff. 57-68); and a manuscript 'Bibliography of Material relating to the History of Wales' in the hand of E[dward] A[rthur] Lewis, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1900-1901 (ff. 1-19).
The registration book lists lectures to be taken, October 1908-March 1909 (ff. 59 verso-60), but is otherwise unused.

A list of printed books, articles, etc. written by Thomas Allen Glenn (1864-1948) up to the year 1930.

A list of gifts received by Thomas Jones, Coedlannau-fawr, and Dinah Jones, Cwm-mawr, both of the parish of Llanwenog, co. Cardigan, on their 'Bidding day', 14 November 1861.

An account of that received by Rees Price on his bidding day, 16 March 1871, and an account of that which he received on his wedding day, 17 March 1871; the manuscript was used afterwards to record the names of those taking part in the work of a Sunday School.