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Poetry in prose

Reference: Cwrtmawr MS 114B This manuscript came to the National Library as part of J H Davies’s (1871-1926) collection from Cwrtmawr, Llangeitho after his death. He notes that he received the…  

Liber B, John Davies of Mallwyd

Reference: NLW MS 4973B This manuscript contains a number of transcripts, or copies, of important Welsh manuscripts by Dr John Davies, Mallwyd. Amongst them is a copy of Hendregadredd manuscript;…  

Morgan Llwyd

Reference: NLW MS 11431B Morgan Llwyd (1619-1659) played an important role in the religious and political upheavals seen in Wales during the seventeenth century. His intricate, rhetorical prose…  

Wmffre Dafis' Book of Cywyddau

Reference: Brogyntyn MS I.2 Brogyntyn I.2 is a volume of Welsh cywyddau and awdlau from the 15th and 16th centuries, written by Wmffre Dafis in 1599. Siôn Philip, Iolo Goch, Dafydd ap Gwilym and…  

Salusbury

Reference: NLW MS 5390D The Salusbury family was praised and mourned by many major poets of the sixteenth century. This manuscript serves as a window on the cultural life of a diverse and…  

Brogyntyn Lute Book

Reference: Brogyntyn MS I.27 The Brogyntyn I.27 manuscript is part of the collection of manuscripts from the Brogyntyn Library near Oswestry deposited at the Library in 1934. It contains music…  

Steganographia

Reference: Peniarth MS 423D Peniarth MS 423D is a volume of astrological texts written in Latin. It is a transcript, dated 1591, of Steganographia by Johannes Trithemius (1462-1516), which was…  

Elis Gruffudd's Chronicle

Reference: NLW MS 5276D & 3054D In circa 1552 Elis Gruffudd completed his massive chronicle of the history of the world, which was then divided in two. In the first part, NLW Manuscript 5276D…  

Beunans Ke

Reference: NLW MS 23849D This Cornish manuscript, now NLW MS 23849D, containing an incomplete, sixteenth-century copy of a hitherto unknown play in Middle Cornish, is an exciting discovery. It…  

The Battles of Alexander the Great

Reference: Peniarth MS 481D Peniarth 481D is a manuscript written on parchment in the late 15th century. The manuscript is in two parts, and it is likely that both parts were bound together as…  

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