Adysgrif,

A copy of Evan Griffiths, Esponiad ar y Bibl Sanctaidd ... Cyfrol IV (Abertawy, 1835) with leaves pasted to the stubs of leaves excised at the beginning of the volume, on which Wiliam Siôn (1874-1947), Cefn Cribwr, Tythegston, later of Cymer, Glyncorrwg, co. Glamorgan, has transcribed, 1929, Welsh poetry in strict metre from Cardiff MS 5.44, 'Llyfr Hir Llanharan' (written c. 1613, by Llywelyn Siôn), ff. 1-14 and compiled lists of the contents of the original manuscript (ff. iv, xix-xxxi verso), of the poets whose works it contains (ff. xi-xvi verso, xxxii-iv) and of the patrons to whom they sang (ff. v-x). Also included are a biographical note on Llywelyn Siôn (f. iii verso), and a brief account of 'Y Wentaeg', the Welsh dialect of Gwent, Morgannwg and part of Brycheiniog (f. lxxxi recto-verso).

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David Harbourne; Cardiff; Purchase; 1994

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23272C

The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).

March 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);

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The volume had belonged to the writer's grandfather, Lewis Siôn (1825-90), Glan Ogwr, Bridgend (see note on f. i verso and 'Lewis John his Book 1866' on ff. lxxxii verso, lxxxiii).

For a fuller but incomplete transcript by Wiliam Siôn of the same manuscript, see NLW Minor Deposit 818B.

See Roberts, Gomer M., 'Llawysgrif Wiliam Siôn o Gefn Cribwr' in Y Genhinen, 16 (1965-6), pp. 20-9.

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