The poetrical works of Lewis Glyn Cothi, Ieuan Brechfa and others,

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 Llanstephan MS 7 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006070457
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1501x1560].
  • Language of Material
    • Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • 364 pp.Half-bound in leather.The folios are discoloured by damp on the outer half, and rubbed and worn at the edges and corners, where the text is often imperfect.The folios are discoloured by damp on the outer half, and rubbed and worn at the edges and corners, where the text is often imperfect.
  • Location
    • DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES
      ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A manuscript containing poetry of Lewis Glyn Cothi, Ieuan Brechfa and other poets, written in several hands of the early and mid sixteenth century.
Hands A (pp. 1-40, 351-2), B (pp. 41-102, 151-8, 297-332), and Bb (pp. 271-96, 333-50, 353-64) belong to the first quarter of the sixteenth century, while Hand C (pp. 103-50, 159-247, 250-59, 262-70) belongs, apparently, to the second quarter. Other folios contain other somewhat later hands. Hand B uses 'ρ' for 'dd' throughout, while hand Bb uses 'dd' mostly (cf Peniarth MS 70). Pp. 351-2 are in a different hand and misplaced in the manuscript. The ends of some lines of text are wanting, though some of them have been completed by a later hand. Neither the beginning nor the end of the cywydd on p. 158 is legible and its lines were evidently never all complete.

Access Information

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

Note

Formerly Shirburn MS C. 26.

Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 7 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Other Finding Aids

J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), pp. 433-441.

Alternative Form Available

Available on microfilm at the Library.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

Sir John Lewis once owned the manuscript according to the statement of his chaplain Sion Wiliam (p. 329).

Additional Information

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