Simwnt Fychan: 'Y Pum Llyfr Cerddwriaeth'

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 21990B.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004266053
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000266053
  • Dates of Creation
    • [late 18 cent.]-[early 19 cent.].
  • Language of Material
    • Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • ii, 106 ff. ; 205 x 160 mm. Boards, remains of original leather binding on spine and covers; 'No. 9' on front cover.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A transcript, [18/19 cent.], of Simwnt Fychan's bardic grammar, 'Y Pum Llyfr Cerddwriaeth'. The colophon on f. 1 shows that it is a copy of a manuscript written by William Maurice of Cefn-y-braich in 1664, formerly at Wynnstay (see Transactions of the Cymmrodorion, 2 (1828), 51-2) and presumably destroyed in the fire there in 1858, and that it descends from Simwnt Fychan's manuscript (now Jesus College MS XV (9)), through manuscripts written by Rhisiart ap Siôn of Sgorlegan (now Peniarth MS 160) and John Jones, Gellilyfdy, in 1605 (now NLW MS 7007C).

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Acquisition Information

Orta Books; Bristol; Purchase; 1984

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 21990B.

Other Finding Aids

The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).

Custodial History

'John Williams', early 19 cent., on f. 106 verso.

Bibliography

For the text see G. J. Williams ac E. J. Jones, Gramadegau'r Penceirddiaid (Caerdydd, 1934), pp. 89-136.

Additional Information

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