Y Llyfr Gwyrdd

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 210 NLW MS 3059D [RESTRICTED ACCESS]
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004377755
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000377755
  • Dates of Creation
      [c. 1764]
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
      Welsh  Welsh.
  • Physical Description
      138 ff. (paginated i-x, 1-75, 75a-b, 76-86, 89-143, 143a, 144-265; pp. 243-265 blank) ; 310 x 200 mm.
      Green vellum with blind fillets; 'LLYFR GWYRDD GAN RHYS JONES' (label on spine); 'William Vaughan 1763' (ink on front cover).
  • Location
      ARCH/MSS (GB0210)
      DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES

Scope and Content

A volume containing autograph poetry by Rhys Jones of Tyddyn Mawr and Y Blaenau, Llanfachreth (pp. 1-215), and the Historia of Taliessin (pp. 216-242). Written on page ix: 'Y Llyfr Gwyrdd pa un sy'n cynnwys Awdleu, Cywyddau, Englynion a Cherddi; Yn anrheg i'r godidawg a'r dilediaith Gymro Gwilym Fychan o gors y Gedol a Nannau Ysgr. Seneddwr a Chornor y Militia swydd Feirion; a Phenn Llywydd Cymdeithas y Cymmrodorion yn Llundain. O waith Rhys Jones o'r Tyddyn Mawr yn y Brynn Côch, o Blwyf Llan Fachreth; yn Ysgrifennedig a'i Law ei hûn, o bobtu Blwydd yr Arglwydd 1764'.

Access Information

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

Note

Formerly Mostyn MS 163.

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 3059D [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Other Finding Aids

A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), pp. 259-264.

Alternative Form Available

Available on microfilm at the Library.

Custodial History

Signature of William Vaughan, 1764, on p. i; previously in the Corsygedol library.

Additional Information

Published