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History of the British Bards

Reference: NLW MS 13107B This manuscript contains notes by Iolo Morganwg (Edward Williams, 1747-1826) for a projected book called 'The History of the British Bards'. Like many of his…  

Early Tourists

Reference: NLW MS 1340C & NLW MS 22753B [iframe…  

Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog

Reference: NLW MS 23969F Here we have a volume of pedigrees, poems and antiquarian notes, dated 1766 (but compiled around 1763-9), in the hand of the bard and gentleman Hugh Hughes and entitled…  

Williams Pantycelyn

Reference: NLW MS 77A NLW MS 77A is a manuscript in the hand of William Williams Pantycelyn. The date is unknown. [iframe…  

Merryell Williams's Book of recipes

Reference: Peniarth MS 513D This is a volume of cooking and medicinal recipes which were collected by Merryell Williams of the Ystumcolwyn Estate, Montgomeryshire, towards the end of the 17th…  

History of the Gwydir Family

Reference: NLW MS 23289B This volume contains the earliest dated copy of 'History of the Gwydir family' by Sir John Wynn. The copy, dated 1669, is in the hand of a clerk named Thomas Rowlands.…  

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…  

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