Poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym, &c.,

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 Llanstephan MS 6 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006070373
  • Dates of Creation
    • [c. 1525].
  • Language of Material
    • Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • 266 pp.Half bound.The folios are worn at the corners, imperfect at the beginning and end, and a few folios are torn or have been repaired.The folios are worn at the corners, imperfect at the beginning and end, and a few folios are torn or have been repaired.
  • Location
    • DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES
      ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A manuscript containing poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym, Tudur Aled, Iolo Goch and other poets mostly of the second half of the fifteenth century. On p. 247 Huw Cae Llwyd has written: 'oydran jesy n dyrnasol / py ragor pymp ar higain / pymthec cant rifant y rain', which would date the manuscript at hardly earlier than 1525.
The style of the writing points to an earlier period, and the orthographical habit of writing - for example, 'kaid' to rhyme with 'eneid' (see p. 73, &c.) - belongs to the second half, if not the last quarter, of the fifteenth century (compare Llanstephan MS 7 and Peniarth MS 70).

Access Information

Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.

Note

Formerly Shirburn MS C. 27.

Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 6 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Other Finding Aids

J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), pp. 428-433.

Alternative Form Available

Available on microfilm at the Library.
Online version available on the Library's website http://digidol.llgc.org.uk/METS/DAF00023/frames (viewed February 2011).

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

The manuscript appears to have been used by Benjamin Simon.

Additional Information

Published