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How to Request Useful help links My Reader's Account What Can I Search? How to Search? How to Order? Do I have to be logged in to request items? You must be logged in to request…  

William Morgan's Bible takes a journey home

19.06.2024 On Wednesday 12 June 2024, the pupils of Penmachno Primary School and Llanddoged Primary School had the special experience of seeing Bishop William Morgan's Bible (1588) alongside a…  

Tipyn o Sioe! – Royal Welsh Show anniversary celebrated with new exhibit of historical photographs

13.06.2024 2024 marks the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society and the Royal Welsh Show. In this exhibition titled Tipyn o Sioe! (Transl. : What a Show!) we…  

Iconic Canaletto painting returns to Wales

24.04.2024 The Idyll and Industry exhibition, including National Treasures: Canaletto in Aberystwyth, has opened in the Gregynog Gallery at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth on 10 May…  

Witchcraft (Court of Great Sessions Rec)

For centuries the concept of magic has fascinated society. In pre-literate societies, "white" magic was believed to provide cures and blessings not otherwise available in religion and medicine. On…  

Strata Marcella (Wynnstay Estate Rec)

View the Charters of the Abbey of Ystrad Marchell on NLW Archives and Manuscripts Ystrad Marchell Charters Although there are few visible remains today of the Cistercian abbey of Ystrad…  

Prisoner of War Camp Magazines and Associated Items, 1943-1945

Reference: NLW MS. 22424F Here we have 7 issues of the magazine ‘Cymro’, created by Welsh prisoners of war during the Second World War. These prisoners were members of the ‘Cymric Club’ in the…  

Dylan Thomas and the map of Llareggub

Reference: NLW MS 23949E A two-page schematic sketch map of Llareggub, [1944x1951], drawn in brown ink by Dylan Thomas during the process of composition of his play for voices, Under Milk…  

T E Nicholas

Reference: NLW MS 13692A This is a volume written by T E Nicholas, or Niclas y Glais while he was imprisoned in Swansea and Brixton jail between 11 July and 22 October 1940.  [iframe…  

John Cowper Powys

Reference: NLW MS 22215B Here we have the diary of John Cowper Powys for the year 1939.  Powys is considered one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century. He was also a prolific poet, a…  

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