Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 1-36.
Title based on contents.
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John Peter ('Ioan Pedr'; 1833-1877), Independent minister and teacher and Welsh scholar, was born in Bala. In 1849 he established a literary society known as 'Cymdeithas Lenyddol Penllyn'. He was a keen student of languages and also contributed to several Welsh periodicals, becoming one of the editors of Y Cymmrodor.
Published
Papers, [1849x1877], of John Peter ('Ioan Pedr'), including poetry; notes on Welsh grammar; transcripts, translations and indexes; essays; miscellaneous notes; etc.
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 2601-2636.
Purchase; 1921
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943);
See also Bangor University, Ioan Pedr MSS.
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
For a biographical and bibliographical account of Ioan Pedr, with references to the Ioan Pedr Manuscripts described here, see an article by R. T. Jenkins in The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society, IV, 137-68.
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 1.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2601B.
Published
A transcript by Ioan Pedr and others of NLW MSS 1246-1247D, which contain transcripts by Rhys Jones ('o'r Blaenau') of 'cywyddau' and other poetry by Wiliam Llŷn, Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy, Tudur Aled, Edward Mor[y]s, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Gruffudd Gr[y]g, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Lewis Daron, Lewis Menai, Siôn Tudur, Goronwy Owen, Sion Dafydd Las [John Davies], Thomas Prys, Huw Mor[y]s, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Dafydd Nanmor, Morys Dwyfech [Morus ap Dafydd ab Ifan ab Einion], Rhys Cain, Bedo Brwynllys, Bedo Aeddren, Ieuan Deulwyn, Gruffudd Llwyd ap Dafydd ab Einion [Llygliw], Edwart Urien, Siôn Cain, Ieuan Dew Brydydd, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Lewis Trefnant, Maredudd ap Rhys, Tudur Penllyn, Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal, Llawdden, Owain Gwynedd, Sion Ceri, Syr Ifan [o Garno], Robin Ddu, Hywel [ap] Rheinallt, Gutun Owain, Guto'r Glyn, Huw Arwystli, Dafydd Ddu Hiraddug, Ieuan ap Tudur Penllyn, Iolo Goch, Siôn Cent, Ieuan Brydydd Hir [Hynaf], Huw Llwyd Cynfal, Gruffudd Llwyd ab Ieuan, Richard Cynwal, Huw Machno, Robert Dyfi, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Syr Rhys o Garno, Hywel ap Dafydd ab Ieuan ap Rhys, Richard Phylip, Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir' ['Ieuan Fardd']), Ieuan Du'r Bilwg, Aneirin Gwawdrydd, Taliesin, Morys ab Ieuan ab Einion, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Rhys Pennardd, Meil[y]r Brydydd, Cynddelw [Brydydd Mawr], Thomas Jones (Tregaron), Wiliam Cynwal, Llywarch Hen, Bedo Hafes[b], Huw Pennant, Edward Richard (Ystradmeurig) and David Richards ('Dafydd Ionawr').
See also NLW MSS 1246-1247D.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 2.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2602B.
Published
Transcripts by Ioan Pedr and others of poems by Iolo Goch, Rhys ap Hywel [ap Dafydd], Dafydd Owain, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Siôn Cent, Catrin ferch Gruffudd ap Hywel ('o Lan Ddeiniolen'), Syr Phylip o Emlyn, Siôn Phylip, William ap Robert, Edmwnd Prys, Rhys Wyn ap Cadwaladr, Owain Gwynedd, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Tudur Penllyn, Tudur Aled, Dafydd [ap] Llywelyn ap Madog, Simwnt Fychan, Richard Cynwal, Siôn Cain, Dafydd Nanmor, Edwart Urien, Gruffudd Phylip, [Ifan] Tudur Owen, Dafydd Llwyd ap Wiliam [David Lloyd], Siôn M[a]wddwy, Siôn Brwynog, Richard Phylip, Dafydd Llwyd ap Hywel ap Robert, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Wiliam Cynwal, Thomas Prys, Robin Ddu, Richard Prise, Richard Owen ap Richard, Rhys ab Ednyfed, Dafydd Nanmor, Hywel ap Dafydd ab Ieuan [ap Rhys] and Bedo Hafes[b]; 'Trioedd Taliesin'; 'Y pedwar gwell ar hugain'; 'Tri thlws ar ddeg o frenin dlysau Ynys Brydain'; original poems and translations from French, German and Italian by Ioan Pedr, and a short note on the literature of Brittany.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 3.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2603B.
Published
Transcripts by Ioan Pedr and others of 'cywyddau' by Thomas Prys, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Siôn Tudur, Ieuan Llwyd o'r T[y]wyn, Guto'r Glyn, Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen, Richard Gruff[y]dd ap Huw, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Gruffudd Kenrick Coch, Edmwnd Prys, Owain Waed Da, Hywel Cilan, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Owain ap Llywelyn ap Moel y Pantri, Tudur Aled, Mor[y]s ab Ieuan ab Ein[io]n, Robert Leiaf, Ieuan Dyfi, Wiliam Llŷn, Huw Arwystli, Siôn Cent, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Dafydd Nanmor, Siôn Phylip, Rhys ap Hywel ap Dafydd ab Einion, Lew[y]s Môn, Syr Dafydd Owain, Gruffudd Gryg and Dafydd ap Gwilym.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 4.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2604B.
Published
Drafts of 'Gramadeg Cymraeg yr Efrydydd', which Ioan Pedr had intended publishing, and of his review in Y Traethodydd, 1871, of Ebel's edition of Zeuss: Grammatica Celtica.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 5.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2605B.
Published
Miscellaneous poems, many of them written for 'Cymdeithas y Bala', 1849-1851, some being by Ioan Pedr and John Page ('Ioan [Glan] Dyfrdwy').
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 6.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2606B.
Published
An index by Ioan Pedr to William Salesbury's 'Llysieulyfr Meddyginiaethol' and to William Salesbury and Henry Perry: Eglvryn Phraethineb ... (London, 1595).
See also NLW MS 686B, which was formerly owned by Ioan Pedr. See also Cwrtmawr MS 375.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 7.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2607B.
Published
A transcript, 1874-1876, by Ioan Pedr of some of the poetry contained in NLW MS 642B.
See also NLW MS 642B.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 8-9.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 2608-2609C.
Published
A draft and fair copy of a translation by Ioan Pedr made for the Bangor National Eisteddfod, 1874, of Shakespeare: King Henry IV, Part I, together with a draft of an essay entitled 'Hawliau crefydd yn wyneb gwelliantau yr oes'.
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 10.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2610C.
Published
An index of Welsh words compiled by Ioan Pedr.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 11.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2611C.
Published
'Philological Commonplace Book', containing a list of Welsh words with their equivalents in other languages, together with a Welsh translation of a portion of Goethe: Faust.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 12.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2612B.
Published
'Trysorfa Gyffredin', a miscellany containing extracts from John [or Siôn] Rhydderch: Grammadeg Cymraeg ... (Mwythig, 1728); copies of 'englynion' in the churchyards of Dolwyddelan, Llangower, Llanuwchllyn, Llanfor, Llandrillo, Glyn Caerog, Llantysilio and Rhewl (Dyffryn Clwyd); poems by John Page ('Ioan [Glan] Dyfrdwy') and Charles Saunderson ('Siarl Wyn o Benllyn'); lecture notes; etc.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 13.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2613C.
Published
An essay entitled 'Traethawd ar Gytrasedd yr Iaith Gymraeg ag Ieithoedd Henafol Eraill' written by 'Galiad', i.e. Ioan Pedr, for the Ruthin National Eisteddfod, 1868, together with marginal notes by Rowland Williams, adjudicator.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 14.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2614B.
Published
Three short essays on 'Callineb', 'Nacad' and 'Cyneddfau Nacaol'.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 15.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2615B.
Published
Notes on place names, mainly in Wales.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 16.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2616B.
Published
A copy of a letter, 4 April 1856, from Ioan Pedr to Pfarrer E. Schwab; miscellaneous notes mainly on religious subjects; recipes; etc.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 17.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2617B.
Published
Original poetry by Ioan Pedr, together with translations by him from Dante, Petrarch, La Fontaine, Rousseau, Homer, Virgil, etc.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 18.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2618B.
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The manuscript of John Peter ['Ioan Pedr']: The Geology of Wales. Lecture delivered at the University College of Wales, December 19th, 1873 ... (Aberystwyth, 1874), together with other notes, mainly on scientific subjects.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 19.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2619D.
Published
Indexes compiled by Ioan Pedr to the names of Welsh poets and prose writers, with references to manuscripts and printed works, to the first lines of 'cywyddau', to Welsh books and books relating to Wales, etc.
cf. Moses Williams: Repertorium Poeticum sive Poematum Wallicorum ... Index Alphabeticus ... (London, 1726).
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 20.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2620B.
Published
Transcripts by Ioan Pedr of two incomplete interludes contained in NLW MS 57B, namely 'Cain ac Abel' by Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant') and 'Enterliwt ynghylch Cronicl y Cymry Er amser Brutus hyd at Sior y 3ydd'.
See also NLW MS 57B.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 21.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2621C.
Published
Transcripts by Ioan Pedr and others of 'cywyddau' and other poems by Wiliam Llŷn, Guto'r Glyn, Siôn Brwynog, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Llywelyn ap Gutun [ap Ieuan Lydan], Huw Arwystli, Wiliam Cynwal, Siôn Tudur, Edmwnd Prys, Ellis [ab] Ellis ('gweinidog Eglwys Rhos a Llandudno'), [Rhisiart] Phylip, Humphrey Owen, [Sion] Rhydderch, Dafydd Manuel, John Pritchard, Dafydd Jenkins, Robert Thomas, Twm Simon and Rowland Jones ('Roli Penllyn'); a copy of the charter granted to Pwllheli, 1423; and a copy of a letter, February 1812, from John William Prichard, Plas y Brain, Anglesey to William Roberts.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 22-24.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 2622C, 2623A, 2624B.
Published
Notes on Welsh grammar.
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 25.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2625B.
Published
Etymological notes on Welsh words.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 26.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2626D.
Published
Notes on Welsh grammar and philology.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 27.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2627D.
Published
Notes, press cuttings, posters, programmes of literary and other meetings, circulars and other papers relating to Bala and the Penllyn district of Merioneth, together with miscellaneous prose and verse, including translations from Greek and Latin authors.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 28.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2628D.
Published
Notes on German, French and Italian literature, together with a translation from Schiller; an index to the glosses in Zeuss: Grammatica Celtica; an outline of a Welsh rhyming dictionary; and notes on theological subjects.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 29.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2629C.
Published
Transcripts mainly by Ioan Pedr of 'cywyddau', 'cerddi' and other poems by Morus ap Robert, Elis Roberts, John Edwards ('Philomath'), Jonathan Hughes, Evan James ('Ieuan ab Iago', Tynyffridd, Llanfachreth) and others; transcripts of poetry, proverbs, etc. contained in manuscripts of Robert William (Pandy, Rhiwaedog), Rowland vab Owen (Llanfachreth), John Jones (Tynybraich, Dinas Mawddwy) and Evan Lloyd (Fron, Bala); transcript of 'Einion ap Gwalchmai', an interlude by Hugh Jones (Llangwm) and John Cadwaladr (Bala).
For the manuscripts of Robert William, Pandy, Rhiwaedog, see also NLW MS 595D.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 30.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2630C.
Published
A commonplace book kept by Ioan Pedr containing anecdotes and notes on a variety of words, place-names and subjects.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 31.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2631C.
Published
A commonplace book kept by Ioan Pedr containing a large number of notes on a variety of subjects; 'englynion', hymns and other poetry; folk- and nursery-rhymes; tales, games and anecdotes relating mainly to Bala and district; a Welsh translation of Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act I, Scene I; notes on sheep ear-marks, with examples and diagrams; lists of poems by Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'); biographical, bibliographical and philological notes, including lists of dialect words; inscriptions and epitaphs at Llanycil church; a copy of a letter written 21 September 1828 from Delaware, U.S.A., by John Edwards ('Eos Glan Twrch') to his parents at Tynyfedw, Cynllwyd, Merioneth; etc.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 32.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2632C.
Published
A commonplace book compiled by Ioan Pedr, 1863, 'according to Locke's System'.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 33.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 2633C.
Published
Transcripts by Ioan Pedr from manuscripts of Robert Jones (Tydu, Cwmglanllafar) and John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') of 'cerddi' and 'cywyddau' by David Jones ('Dafydd Sion Siams'), Elis Roberts, Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), Hugh Jones (Llangwm), John Thomas (Pentrefoelas), Rice Hughes ('o Ddinam'), Owen Gruffydd, Robin Ddu, Dafydd Gorlech, John Roger, Mor[y]s ab Ieuan ab Einion, Thomas Prys, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Siôn Tudur, Guto'r Glyn, Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen, Gruffudd Gryg and Dafydd ap Gwilym.
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Formerly known as Ioan Pedr 34-36.
Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MSS 2634-2636C.
Published
Press cuttings collected by Ioan Pedr and by his widow, who compiled a biography of her husband. Many of the cuttings relate to the controversies concerning the Bala Independent College.
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).