Barddoniaeth, &c.,

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 11087B [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004614890
  • Dates of Creation
    • [16-17 cents].
  • Language of Material
    • Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • Bound in full green morocco, with gilt and blind tooling, and lettered 'Welsh Bards. The Book of the Vaughans. MS. Sec. XVI'.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
      DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES

Scope and Content

A volume of transcripts of Welsh poetry. The first fifty-one folios contain copies, in a 16th-century hand, of 'cywyddau' by Siôn Cent, Iolo Goch, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Madog Benfras, Gruffudd Gryg, Dafyddd ab Edmwnd, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Tudur Aled, Dafydd Nanmor and others. The remainder of the volume (ff. 52-147) is in several hands of the end of the 17th century. At the head of f. 52 is the following note:- 'Haec sequens Collectio facta fuit Opera P.V.A.M. ...', the initials probably representing the name of Peter Vaughan, M.A., who was vicar of Llangernyw from 1682 to 1689. This part of the manuscript contains the names and arms of the fifteen tribes of Gwynedd; pedigrees of some Abergele families (among them that of Peter Vaughan himself) taken from the books of Sion Tudur and Rhys Cain; an account of the five residences of Sir Roger Mostyn in 1682; poetry in strict and free metres by Sion Tudur, Morus Dwyfech, Richard Phylip, Gryffydd Phylip, Guto'r Glyn, Maredudd ap Rhys, Edmwnd Prys, Lewis Glyn Cothi and others; etc.

Access Information

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

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 11087B [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Alternative Form Available

Available on microfilm at the Library.

Archivist's Note

January 2009 & August 2011.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifan. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); The Peerage WWW site;

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

The name of John Wynne ap John Gryffyth Vychan is written at the foot of f. 51. The volume bears the bookplate of Alexander Peckover, 1st baron Peckover of Wisbech.

Related Material

See also NLW MS 13172B (Llanover E. 10), which contains transcripts from a manuscript or manuscripts of Peter Vaughan and which include material relating to the fifteen tribes of Gwynedd.

Additional Information

Published

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales