Saunders Lewis: Paham y llosgasom yr ysgol fomio,

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23078C
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004625592
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1936 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Welsh
  • Physical Description
    • 34 ff. ; 255 x 195 mm. Buckram.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Original manuscript of the Welsh text of Saunders Lewis's address to the jury during his trial at Caernarfon Assizes, October 1936, for arson at the Penyberth Bombing School. The Welsh text, described by Saunders Lewis as 'partly strict translation but in part a separate and different composition' (see NLW MS 22951C, f. i), was subsequently published as a pamphlet Paham y Llosgasom yr Ysgol Fomio (1936).

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Mrs Gwladwen Gwent Jones; Swansea; Purchase, in aid of the Saunders Lewis Appeal Fund; 1992

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23078C

Archivist's Note

February 2009.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

Presented by Saunders Lewis to Gwladwen Huws (later Mrs Gwladwen Gwent Jones).

Related Material

For the first draft of the original English version see NLW MS 22951C.

Additional Information

Published

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