Llywarch Reynolds Manuscripts

A collection which includes correspondence; transcripts of manuscripts and of poetry; biographical material relating to historical Welsh figures; copies of material relating to the manors of Machen and Abercarn; and a translation by Reynolds of Act III, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Also included are translations from German literature by Elsa Irene Reynolds and a volume of letters to Jonathan Reynolds ('Nathan Dyfed').

Llywarch Owain Reynolds (1843-1916), Celtic scholar, was the son of the author Jonathan Owain Reynolds ('Nathan Dyfed'; 1814-1891). He possessed a valuable collection of books and manuscripts, amongst which was the notable 'Llyvyr Hir Llywarch Reynolds', a seventeenth century collection of Welsh poetry in the hand of farmer poet Llywelyn Siôn, Llangewydd.

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 970-997.

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Donated by Mr Evan D. Jones, 1916.

Llywarch Owain Reynolds (1843-1916), Celtic scholar, was the son of the author Jonathan Owain Reynolds ('Nathan Dyfed'; 1814-1891). He possessed a valuable collection of books and manuscripts, amongst which was the notable 'Llyvyr Hir Llywarch Reynolds', a seventeenth century collection of Welsh poetry in the hand of farmer poet Llywelyn Siôn, Llangewydd.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943) and The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940 (Oxford, 1959).

The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).

July 2005.

This description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.

Some of the manuscripts in this collection have affinities with the Thomas Stephens MSS (NLW MSS 904-966).

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