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- 1748-1749. (Creation)
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190 pp. Modern half-morocco.
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'Robert Thomas 1769' and 'Richard Edward', XVIII2 cent., on p. 190.
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An important miscellany of Welsh prose and poetry, largely medieval, including otherwise unknown texts, many deriving from a lost MS of John Jones, Gellilyfdy. All in the hand of Edward Jones (see pp. 70, 129 etc.) and copied at various dates in 1748-1749. Imperfect at beginning and end. Includes: p. 10 Tri thlws ar ddeg. p. 11 'Henweu main mawrweirthiawg... '. p. 13 Natur anifeiliaid. p. 14 Trioedd arbennig. p. 16 Llythyr Publius Sentulws. p. 17 Cyneddfau dyn etc. p. 22 Trioedd serch etc. p. 23 Trioedd Taliesin etc. p. 35 Trioedd Mab y Crinwas. p. 40 Llyfr o ffedyginiaeth (medical recipes). p. 66 Ystoriau Catw Ddoeth. p. 71 'Llyfr o natur ac anian dynion a wnaeth Arestoteles i Alexander...' 'o lyfr a ysgrifennesid noswyl Saint y Catrin ...1476'. p. 78 Anian a chyneddfau dyddiau y lloer etc. p. 98 'Llyfr Sion ap Wiliam ap Sion o ben gerdd y beirdd' including poems attributed to Taliesin, Aneirin (englynion y misoedd), Cynddelw, Dafydd Hupynt and Bleddyn Fardd. p. 129 Translations into Welsh of texts by Seneca and Erasmus [see Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies XXIV, pp. 450-458, xxv, pp. 32-46]. p. 141 Lucidarius. p. 151 Cysegrlan Fuchedd. p. 170 Cywyddau by poets of XIV-XVI cent.
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Welsh.
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Formerly Ignatius Williams 4.
Note
Preferred citation: Cardiff MS 2.615.