Miscellanea,

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

Reference
- GB 210 Llanstephan MS 117 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- 1544-1552 /
Name of Creator
- Ieuan ap William and others.
Language of Material
- Welsh.
Physical Description
- 330 pp.Half bound in calf.Imperfect in the middle, with many leaves missing; wanting beginning and end.Imperfect in the middle, with many leaves missing; wanting beginning and end.
Location
- DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES
  ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A manuscript containing poetry (pp. 17-42), the poets including Taliesin, Iolo Goch, Dafydd ab Edmwnt and others, with poetry included also within other sections of the text; triads attributed to Taliesin (p. 16); the Rood legend (pp. 97-103); apocryphal gospels (pp. 104-153, 259-269, 272, 274-276); the Purgatory of Patrick (pp. 202-212); lives of saints (pp. 161-187); proverbs and adages, etc. (pp. 10-12, 14-15, 299-300); prayers (pp. 13, 238-250, 255); vocabulary (pp. 95-96); a planisphere, calendar, planetary tables and other astrological material (pp. 43-86, 89-90, 281-291); interpretation of dreams (pp. 91, 94); palmistry (pp. 92-93); directions concerning bleeding, medical recipes, etc. (pp. 1-9, 87-88, 236, 277-280, 300c-301); &c. A note on p. 221 states that 'Ieuan ap William ap dd: ap ejnws ajysgrivenodd yllyvr hwn i gyd ari gost ihvn i gael o bobyl ddifyrwch o hono alles yw heneidiav o hwn'; there are, however, a few pages (pp. 139-142, etc.) in other hands. There is a table of contents at the beginning in the hand of Richard Morris, 1784-1785, and another at the end by ?William Jones, who states that the manuscript was 'procured me by Mr. Holmes of the Tower'.
The dates appended to many of the subjects in the text show that the binder is responsible for the present derangement of the folios.

Access Information

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

Note

Formerly Shirburn MS D. 30.

Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 117 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Other Finding Aids

J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), pp. 568-579.

Alternative Form Available

Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/5708565 (June 2021)
Available on microfilm at the Library (NLW Film 1168).
Available on Library of Congress film at the Library (readers should be directed to this in the first instance).

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Appraisal Information

Item: 2.1. Action: Digitized. Action identifier: Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI). Date: 20140807. Site of action: NLW. Authorization: NLW. Authorizing institution: Bill Endres of the University of Kentucky. Extent: pp. 132, 136, 166. Type of unit: Pages.