Appendix 17: Welsh Manuscript Collection

Welsh Manuscript Catalog

This page was made before J. Gwenogfryn Evans' Reports became available on the internet. The volumes can be found here:

National Library of Wales

The National Library of Wales Collection

NLW MS. 1 (1470s?)
prose

NLW MS. 37b (?)
Names of Britain
Triads

NLW MS. 325 (late 18th)
Triads

NLW MS. 423 (1481)
Latin grammar

NLW MS. 1553A (16th-17th)
Ystoria Taliesin

NLW MS. 1585 (>1471)
Dares Phrygius
Brut y Brenhinedd
Brut y Tywysogion

NLW MS. 1599 (?)
24 Knights of Arthur's Court

NLW MS. 2005B: (1774) hand of Evan Evans
Ystoria Taliesin

NLW MS. 5266B (1225)
Brut Dingestow: `The History of the Kings'

NLW MS. 5267 (1438)
prose (religious)
Ystoria Adaf ac Eua

NLW MS. 5269B (?)
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)

NLW MS. 5276D (1550)
Elis Gruffydd's chronicle:
"Ystoria Erkwlf"
"Ystoria Gwion Bach"
"Ystoria Taliesin"
"Ystoria Merddin"

NLW MS. 6209E (1698)
Ystoria Adaf ac Eua
Ystoria Taliesin

NLW MS. 6680 Hendregadredd MS/Gwengraig MS (>1282-1330)
Gogynfeird poetry

NLW MS. 7006D Llyfr Du Basing/Lyfr Manachlog Dinas Basing [The Black Book of Basingwerk] hand of Gutun Owain
Ystoria Dared
Brut y Brenhinedd
Brenhinedd y Saesson
Brut y Tywysogion (1197 to 1461)
englynion added in the 16th C.

NLW MS 7011D Llyfr Coch Asaph [The Red Book of St. Asaph's] (mid. 17th C) church records for St. Asaph
Historia Brittonum
Ymrafaelion henwau Ynys Brydain

NLW MS 9203
Ystoria Adaf ac Eua

NLW MS. 13,131A: hand of Iolo Morgannwg
Ystoria Taliesin: copy of NLW MS 2005B

NLW MS. 17,110E. Llyfr Llan Dav/Llyfr Teilo/Liber Landavensis [Book of Llan Dav/Book of Teilo]
Breint Teilo
Life of St. Oudoceus
Life of St. Dubricius
Life of St. Samson of Dol
The Life of St. Teilo

NLW MS. 20,143 (?)
Laws of Hywel Dda (Y)

NLW MS. 23849D
Beunans Ke

Cwrtmawr
Cwrtmawr MS. 3
Triads

Cwrtmawr MS. 4: hand of Sion Tudur

Cwrtmawr MS. 5Bi&ii:
Dafydd ap Gwilym

Cwrtmawr MS. 1155
Ystoria Adaf ac Eua

Mostyn Manuscripts

Mostyn MS. 88/NLW MS3026C: hand of Gutun Owain
astronomical and medical text
Life of Saint Martin of Tours
genealogies

Mostyn MS. 116 (14th)
Dares Phrygius
Brut y Brehinedd
Brut y Tywysogion

Mostyn MS. 117 (13th)
Brut y Brenhinedd
Bonedd y Arwyr genealogies

Mostyn MS. 131 (late 15th)
The Death of Duran

Mostyn MS. 146 (early 17th)
The Death of Drudwas
Dafydd ap Gwilym

Mostyn MS. 159 (1586-7)
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)
Ysbryd Gwiod A’r Prior

Mostyn MS. 161 (early 17th)
Dafydd ap Gwilym

Mostyn MS. 184 (1485)
Y Greal

Peniarth Manuscripts

Peniarth MS. 1 (early 13th): Llyfr Ddu Caerfyrddin [The Black Book of Carmarthen]
click here for contents

Peniarth MS. 2 (early 14th) Llyfr Taliesin [The Book of Taliesin]
click here for contents

Peniarth MS. 3 (13th)
Myrddin Poems: Y Cyfoesi, Afallenau, and Oianau
Poetry of Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr

Peniarth MS. 4 (1340s): Llyfr Gwyn Rydderch [White Book of Rhydderch]
romance half; actually second half of manuscript
Ystoria Bown Hamptwn
Pedeir Keinc y Mabinogi
Culhwch ac Olwen
Breudwyt Maxen
Lludd a Llefelys
Owein
Gereint
Peredur

Peniarth MS. 5 (1340s): Llyfr Gwyn Rydderch [White Book of Rhydderch]
Religious half; actually beginning of manuscript
Chwedl Siarlemane: Tales of Charlemagne
Purdan Padric : St. Patrick's Purgatory
Buchedd Mair Wyry: Life of the Virgin Mary
Y Seith Pehawt Marwawl : The Seven Deadly Sins
Y Groglith : The Mass on Good Friday
Ystoria Adaf ac Eua: History of Adam and Eve
Ystoria Bilatus: History of Pontius Pilate
Ystoria Iudas : History of Judas Iscariot
Arwydon Cyn Dyd Brawt
Buchedd Fargred: Life of St. Margaret
Credo Athanasius Sant
Trioedd Ynys Prydein
Bonedd y Seint
proverbs

Peniarth MS. 6 (mid 13th)
Fragments of "Gereint", "Branwen", "Manawyddan"

Peniarth MS. 7 (late 13th)
Fragments of "Peredur"
Tale of Charlemagne
Ystoria Bilatus

Peniarth MS. 8 (late 13th)
Tale of Charlemagne

Peniarth MS. 9 (mid 14th)
Tale of Charlemagne

Peniarth MS. 10 (1485)
Tale of Charlemagne
Poetry

Peniarth MS. 11: hand of Hywel Fychan (late 14th)
Y Keis (abreviated version of 13th C. Queste del Saint Graal)
Y Seint Greal (Welsh version of Perlesvaus)

Peniarth MS. 12: hand of Hywel Fychan (late 14th)
Poetry: “Y Cyfoesi”, “Afallenau”; “Oianau”

Peniarth MS. 14 (mid 13th)
Nearly complete version of "Historia Peredur vab Efrawg"
Y Groglith (the Passion)
Buchedd Fargred: Life of St. Margaret
Buchedd Mair o’r Aifft: The Life of Mary of Egypt
Peniarth MS. 15 (late 14th)
Y Greal
The Food of the Soul
Buchedd Fargred: Life of St. Margaret
Credo Athanasius Sant

Peniarth MS. 16 (13th)
Bonhed y Seint
Brut y Brenhinedd
Triads
24 Knights of Arthur's Court

Peniarth MS. 17 (13th)
The life of Gruffudd ap Cynan

Peniarth MS. 18 (1340s)
Brut y Tywysiogion

Peniarth MS. 19 / Hengwrt 15 (1375-1400)
Dares Phrygius
Brut y Brenhinedd
Brut y Tywysogion

Peniarth MS. 20 (1330)
: produced at Valle Crucis in Powys Fadog Y Bibyl Ynghymraec
Brut y Tywysogion
"Myrddin a Gwenddydd"
Bardic grammar of Dafydd Ddu of Hiraddug
Triads

Peniarth MS. 21 / Hengwrt 50 (late 13th)
Brut y Brenhinedd

Peniarth MS. 22 / Hengwrt 318 (1444)
Brut y Brehinedd

Peniarth MS. 23 / Hengwrt 313 (late 15th)
Brut y Brehinedd

Peniarth MS. 24 / Hengwrt 175 (1477)
Brut y Brehinedd

Peniarth MS. 25 / Hengwrt 305 (1500)
Dares Phrygius
Brut y Brehinedd

Peniarth MS. 26 (1456)
vaticination in verse and prose

Peniarth MS. 27 (1500)
prose, poetry

Peniarth MS. 28 (mid 13th)
Laws of Hwyll Dda (Latin "A" version)

Peniarth MS. 29 / Hengwrt 26 (mid 13th): Llyvyr Du or Weun [The Black Book of Chirk]
The Laws of Hwyll Dda (Welsh "A" version, Venedotian Code)

Peniarth MS. 30 / Hengwrt 12 (mid 13th): Llyfr Colon/Colan [The Book of Colan]
Venedotian Code

Peniarth MS. 31 (early 14th)
Law (Welsh R)

Peniarth MS. 32 / Hengwrt 311 Y Llyfr Teg [The Fair Book] (1404)
Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh D)
Englynion i'r Offeren

Peniarth MS. 33 (late 14th)
Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh M)

Peniarth MS. 34 / Hengwrt 9 (late 15th)
Llyfr Cynog: Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh F)

Peniarth MS. 35 / Hengwrt 39 (14th)
Llyfr Cynog: Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh G)

Peniarth MS. 36 (14th)
Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh O & N)

Peniarth MS. 37 (14th)
Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh U)

Peniarth MS. 38 (14th)
Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh I)

Peniarth MS. 39 / Hengwrt 38 (1500)
Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda

Peniarth MS. 40 / Hengwrt 18 (1469)
Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh K)
poetry

Peniarth MS. 41 (15th)
Statud Rhuddlan

Peniarth MS. 42 (early 13th)
Historia Regum Britanniae

Peniarth MS. 43 (14th)
Historia Regum Britanniae

Peniarth MS. 44 / Hengwrt 315 (early 13th)
Brut y Brehinedd

Peniarth MS. 45 / Hengwrt 536 (late 13th)
Geneaologies
Bonhed Seint Kymry

Peniarth MS. 46 / Hengwrt 27 (1340s)
Brut y Brehinedd
Llyfr Arveu

Peniarth MS. 47 (1340s)
Triads
Brut y Brehinedd

Peniarth MS. 48
Cywyddau poetry
Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym

Peniarth MS. 49
Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym

Peniarth MS. 50: Y Cwta Cyfarwydd [The Short Guide] (1445)
Triads
Enweu Ynys Brydein yv Hynn
Commanding Youth--Myrddin

Peniarth MS. 51 (1425); in Gwilym Tew's hand
The Thirteen Treasures of Britain (names only)
Brut y Brehinedd
Triads
poetry
Dafydd ap Gwilym
Gwilym Tew

Peniarth MS. 52
Cywyddau poetry
Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym

Peniarth MS. 53 (1485-1510)
Dafydd Llwyd
Gruffydd ap Maredydd
Ieuan Brydydd Hir
Iolo Goch. Merlyn
Robyn Hwd
Siôn Cent a Taliesin

Peniarth MS. 54 / Hengwrt 536 (1480)
Early Triads
Cywyddau poetry
Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym

Peniarth MS. 55 (1500)
Cywyddau poetry
Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym

Peniarth MS. 56
grammar

Peniarth MS. 57 / Hengwrt 261-262 (late 15th C)
Dafydd ap Gwilym

Peniarth MS. 59
poetry

Peniarth MS. 60
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)
Cywyddau poetry

Peniarth MS. 67 (1483)
Cywyddau poetry
Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym

Peniarth MS. 70 (1470s)
Cywyddau poetry

Peniarth MS. 72: in Sion Tudur’s hand

Peniarth MS. 76
Dafydd ap Gwilym
Dafydd ab Edmwnd
Guto'r Glyn
Lewys Morgannwg
Rhys Nanmor
Tudur Aled

Peniarth MS. 77
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)
24 Knights of Arthur's Court

Peniarth MS. 78
Dafydd ap Gwilym

Peniarth MS. 84: in Sion Tudur’s hand.

Peniarht MS. 94
Cywydd Mihangel Archangel

Peniarth MS. 97
Dafydd ap Gwilym

Peniarth MS. 98B (1616)
The Battle of the Trees (short version)
The Stanzas of the Graves (variant)
Drystan ac Essyllt

Peniarth MS. 105b (ca.1504)
Beunans Meriasek
Peniarth MS. 106 (ca. 1600) Troelus a Chresyd
Peniarth MS. 109 (1470s)
Cywyddau poetry

Peniarth MS. 110 (>1509)
Cywyddau poetry

Peniarth MS. 109 (1470s)
Cywyddau poetry

Peniarth MS. 111 (1610)
Ystoria Taliesin
Drystan ac Essyllt

Peniarth MS. 112
Pedwar Gywydd Brud
The Deception of Huan

Peniarth MS. 113 (?)
Kanu y Swyddogyon
Llys y Brenhin
Darnau o ganu Taliesin

Peniarth MS. 118 / Hengwrt 518 (late 16th) (John David Rhys)
Brut y Brenhinedd
some of "Anchorite"
Hanes y Cewri
“The Dialogue of Myrddin and His Sister Gwenddydd”
“The Lament of Myrddin in His Grave”

Peniarth MS. 120
"Owain"--is a copy of Jesus MS. 20

Peniarth MS. 126 (1510)
prose, grammar, genealogies

Peniarth MS. 127 (1510-1531)
24 Knights of Arthur's Court
Bonedd y Saint
Llyfr Arveu

Peniarth MS. 129 (1510)
prose, genealogies

Peniarth MS. 130 (>1504)
genealogies

Peniarth MS. 131 (1530s) Gutun Owain
genealogies

Peniarth MS. 132
Bonedd y Saint

Peniarth MS. 134
genealogies; contains the story of King March's ears

Peniarth MS. 137
Bonedd y Saint
Ystoria yr Olew Bendigedic
Dafydd ap Gwilym

Peniarth MS. 138 (1526)
Brut y Brehinedd
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)

Peniarth MS. 147
Urien and Modron
Bardic instructions

Peniarth MS. 163 / Hengwrt 352 (16th)
Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda

Peniarth MS. 164 / Hengwrt 26b (15th)
Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh H)

Peniarth MS. 166
Law

Peniarth MS. 166 (1589-90)
Cronicl Hywel ap Syr Mathew

Peniarth MS. 175
Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh A)

Peniarth MS. 177
Bonedd y Saint

Peniarth MS. 178
Bonedd y Saint

Peniarth MS. 179 (1538-9)
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)
24 Knights of Arthur's Court
genealogies

Peniarth MS. 181
prose
genealogies

Peniarth MS. 182
Bonedd y Saint
Ystoria o wyrthic Mihangel
Dafydd ap Gwilym
poetry, prose

Peniarth MS. 185
24 Knights of Arthur's Court

Peniarth MS. 186 (1499): hand of Gutun Owain
calendar

Peniarth MS. 189 (1490s)
Cywyddau poetry

Peniarth MS. 190
The Food of the Soul
Penityas (Peniteas cito)

Peniarth MS. 191 (ca. 1440)
religious prose
grammar
Ysbryd Gwiod A’r Prior

Peniarth MS. 194
Statud Gruffudd ap Cynan

Peniarth MS. 204
medical text

Peniarth MS. 205
medical text

Peniarth MS. 216
24 Knights of Arthur's Court
Thirteen Treasures of Britain (full text)

Peniarth MS. 218
Araith ddichan i'r Gwragedd
Ateb i Araith Ddychan i'r Gwragedd
llyma yr ymddiddan a fv rhwng yr wttresswr ar Dyllvan
Teithie Syr Sion Mandefyl, Peniarth 218, 179–234.

Peniarth MS. 222
Arthur a Kaledvwlch

Peniarth MS. 224 / Hengwrt 275 (1604)
Venedotian Code

Peniarth MS. 240
The Names of Britain

Peniarth MS. 258
Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh e)

Peniarth MS. 259br> Ystoria Dared
Brut y Brehinedd
Cyfraith Hywel Dda: Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh P)

Peniarth MS. 263
Law (Welsh Q)

Peniarth MS. 264 / Hengwrt 272 (1635/6)
Copy of the Black Book of Basingwerk by John Jones (1585-1657/8)

Peniarth MS. 266 / Hengwrt 55 (1634)
Brut y Brehinedd

Peniarth MS. 270
Statud Gruffudd ap Cynan

Peniarth MS. 278 / Hengwrt 41 (1650)
Venedotian Code

Peniarth MS. 295
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)

Peniarth MS. 326
medical

Peniarth MS. 354 (1502-31)
formulary

Peniarth MS. 356 (1470)
Latin grammar

Peniarth MS. 392D / Hengwrt MS. 154
Hengwrt Chaucer

Peniarth MS. 399
The Chester Antichrist play

Peniarth MS. 434E
Vita Griffini Filii Conani

Gwyneddon Manuscripts

Gwyneddon MS 1 (late 16th C?)
"cywyddau" Poetry

Gwyneddon MS 2 (late 16th C?)
"cywyddau" Poetry

Gwyneddon MS 3 (late 16th C?)
"cywyddau" Poetry

Llanstephan Manuscripts

Llanstephan MS. 1 (early 13th C)
Brut y Brenhinedd

Llanstephan MS. 2 (mid 15th)
prose (narrative, religious)

Llanstephan MS. 3 (late 14th C)
prose (religious)
grammar
Ysbryd Gwiod A’r Prior
Copy of Llyfr Gwyn Hergest?

Llanstephan MS. 4 (late 14th C)
Tales of Odo
Cladedigaeth Arthur vrenhin

Llanstephan MS. 5 (1500)
Brut y Brehinedd

Llanstephan MS. 6 (1510)
Cywyddau poetry Dafydd ap Gwilym

Llanstephan MS. 7 (1505-30)
Cywyddau poetry

Llanstephan MS. 10 (1515)
medical text

Llanstephan MS. 12
Names of Britain (fragmentary)

Llanstephan MS. 18 (early 18th)
Ystoria Taliesin

Llanstephan MS. 27: Llyfr Coch Dalgarth [The Red Book of Talgarth]; Hywel Fychan
The Food of the Soul
Buched Dewi: The Life of St. David
Englynion y Clyweid: Sayings of the Wise Men
The Englynion of Adaon
Ymddiddan Corf ac Eneit: The Dialogue of the Body and the Soul
Poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym
Ystoria Bilatus: The History of Pontius Pilate
Ystoria Adaf ac Eua
The Augury of the Year

Llanstephan MS. 28 (>1456) Gutun Owain
religious prose
grammar
Buchedd Fargred: Life of St. Margaret

Llanstephan MS. 29
Laws of Hywel Dda, Blegywryd version

Llanstephan MS. 34 (>1550)
Buchedd Llewddoc Sant

Llanstephan MS. 43
The poetic debate of Edmwnd Prys and Wiliam Cynwal

Llanstephan MS. 47
Cywydd Mihangel Archangel
Dafydd ap Gwilym

Llanstephan MS. 58 (early 17th C)
Iarlles y Ffynnon retelling (not copy of earlier texts)

Llanstephan MS. 65
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)

Llanstephan MS. 71 (18th)
Venedotian Code

Llanstephan MS. 74 (18th)
Venedotian Code

Llanstephan MS. 94
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)

Llanstephan MS. 116
Laws of Hywel Dda

Llanstephan MS. 117 (1545)
Ystoria Bilatus
The Augury of the Year

Llanstephan MS. 120B (1619)
Dafydd ap Gwilym

Llanstephan MS. 121 (1619)
Venedotian Code

Llanstephan MS. 122 (17th)
The Dialogue of Melwas and Gwenhyfer (v.1)

Llanstephan MS. 134
Cywydd Mihangel Archangel

Llanstephan MS. 135: in Sion Tudur’s hand

Llanstephan MS. 137
Copies some of Jesus MS. 111

Llanstephan MS. 145
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)

Llanstephan MS. 148
"Owain" copy of Jesus MS. 111

Llanstephan MS. 171
Prophecy of Merlin
ByB
Owain

Llanstephan MS. 174 (1625)
Venedotian Code

Llanstephan MS. 193 (1783-96)
Ystoria Taliesin

Llanstephan MS. 200
Ysbryd Gwiod A’r Prior

Llanstephan MS. 202
prose (religous)

Cardiff

C MS. 1.363 / Havod 2 (13th-14th)
Brut y Brehinedd

C MS. 2.629 / Havod 19 (1535-6)
prose (religious)
Buchedd Collen

C MS. 2.7
Law (Blegywryd)

C MS. 2.81
Llyfr Aneirin

C MS. 3.242 / Havod 16 (late 14th): Hywel Fychan
medical

C MS. 3.4: Elis Gruffydd (1527)
Poetry

C MS. 5
Ysbryd Gwiod A’r Prior

C MS 6 (1550)
Drystan ac Essyllt
Ysbryd Gwiod A’r Prior

C MS. 16
Triads

C MS. 17
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)

C MS. 18
Triads

C MS. 26
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)

C MS. 43 (1749)
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)
Drystan ac Essyllt

C MS. 36
24 Knights of Arthur's Kingdom

C MS. 50
Llyfr Arveu

Panton

Panton MS. 10 (1780)
Triads

Panton MS. 13
Triads
Thirteen Treasures of Britain

Panton MS. 23
Names of Britain

Panton MS. 26
Triads

Panton MS. 29
Triads

Panton MS. 38
Triads

Panton MS. 42
Cywydd Mihangel Archangel

Panton MS. 55
Moliant Cadwallawn

Panton MS. 68 (15th): copy of Llanstephan 171
Prophecy of Merlin
ByB
Owein

Havod

Havod MS. 3
Twenty-four Knights of Arthur’s Court

Havod MS. 5
Twenty-four Knights of Arthur’s Court

Havod MS. 8
Twenty-four Knights of Arthur’s Court

Havod MS. 16
Meddygyon Myddveu

Havod MS. 23
Credo Athanasius Sant

Other Collections in the NLW

Wrexham MS. 1
Stanzas of the Graves

Wrexham MS. 2
Ysbryd Gwiod A’r Prior
Ystoria Adaf ac Eua

Wynnstay MS. 1
The Dialogue of Melwas and Gwenhyfer (v.2)

Wynnstay MS. 2
Dafydd ap Gwilym

Wynnstay MS. 36 (15th)
Law (Welsh Q)

Wynnstay MS. 37 (1660)
William Maurice’s Deddfgrawn

Wynnstay MS. 38 (1663)
William Maurice’s Deddfgrawn

Oxford University

Balliol College

Balliol MS. 353
Miscellany of Welsh verse and other materials in Welsh and Latin, in the hand of Sir John Prise, c. 1540-50.

Bodleian Library

MS. Bodl. 572: Codex Oxoniensis Posterior (9th-11th)
Miscellany of booklets, mostly in Latin but including glosses etc. in Cornish, Welsh and Old English.

MS. Rawl. B. 467
Welsh medicine, 14th-15th centuries.

MS. Rawl. C. 821
Law (Latin D)

Jesus College

Jesus MS. 6
Llyfr Arveu (Gutun Owain)

Jesus MS. 15 (16th C)
Welsh gramatical texts, 16th cent.

Jesus MS. 16 (1620s?)
Welsh Dictionary in the hand of the compiler, Henry Salesbury (1561-1637)

Jesus MS. 17
Cywydd Mihangel Archangel

Jesus MS. 20 (14th C.)
Welsh poetry, genealogy, etc.
"Owain"

Jesus MS. 22 (15th C.)
Welsh calendar
Meddigion Myddfai

Jesus MS. 23
Welsh prose; "The Food of the Soul"

Jesus MS. 28; transcribed from Jesus College MS. 61 by Hugh Jones(1695)
Dares Phrygius
Brut Tysilio

Jesus MS. 57 (ca. 1400): hand of Hywel Fychan
Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh J)

Jesus MS. 61
Dares Phrygius
Brut Tysilio

Jesus MS. 88 (ca. 18th C.)
Welsh poetry

Jesus MS. 111: Llyfr Coch Hergest [Red Book of Hergest]; hand of Hywel Fychan (1382)
Darius Phrygus
Brut y Brehinedd
Brut y Tywysogion
Charlemagne
Advice from a Wise Man to His Son
The Seven Sages of Rome
The Dream of Rhonabwy
Prophecy of the Eagle
Myrddin Poems
Triads
The Four Branches of the Mabinogi
Owain, Peredur, Gereint
Culhwch and Olwen
Lludd and Llefelys
The Dream of Maxen
Ystoria Bown of Hamptwn
Meddigion Myddfai
Brut y Saesson
Cynfeirdd Poetry
Bardic Grammar
Amlyn and Amic Proverbs Gogynfeirdd poetry

Jesus MS. 119: Llyfr yr Ancr/Llyvyr Agkyr Llandewibrevi [The Book of the Anchorite] (1346)
Ystoria Adrian
Breudwyt Pawl
Credo Athanasius Sant
Buchedd Beuno: Life of St. Beuno
Buchedd Dewi: Life of St. David
Cysegrlan Fuchedd: “Holy Living”
Ymborth yr Enaid: “Food of the Soul”
Pryd y Mab: “The Son's Face.”

Jesus MS. 141 (>1471): hand of Gutun Owain
Dares Phrygius
Brut y Brehinedd
Brut y Tywysogion

British Library System

British Library

BL Cotton Caligula A.iii
Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh C version)

BL Cotton Cleopatra B.v
Brut y Brehinedd
Brut y Saesson

BL Cotton Nero E.i
Rhigyfarch's Life of St. David

BL Cotton Titus D.ii (13th)
Venedotian Code

BL Cotton Titus D.xxii (1429)
prose (religious, historical)
Buchedd Fargred: Life of St. Margaret

BL Cotton Vespasian E.xi
Laws of Hywel Dda (Latin B version)

Harleian Collection

Harl. MS. 1796 (mid 13th)
Laws of Hywel Dda (Welsh C version)

Harl. MS. 3859 (10th? C)
Historia Brittonum
Annales Cambriae
Genealogies

Harl. MS. 4181
24 Knights of Arthur's Court

British Museum

BL MS. 23
Ysbryd Gwiod A’r Prior

BL Addl. MS. 12,193 (1508-10)
historical prose

BL Addl. MS. 13,100B (1799) Iolo Morgannwg
Ystoria Taliesin

BL Addl. MS. 14,867 (1755-1763)
Prif-Feirdd Cymreig (William Morris)
Ystoria Taliesin

BL Addl. MS. 14,873
Names of Britain
13 Treasures of Britain (names only)

BL Addl. MS. 14,902 (17th C)
Poems and Englyns: Davidd ap Gwilim
Davydd Nawmor [Nanmor]
Frances Llwyd
Gruphydd ap Tyder ap Howel
Gruphydd Llywelyn ap Dafydd ap Einion
Gryphydd ap Rhydderch Goch
Hugh Dafydd, or Dafi
Huw Davidd Probert
Huw Donn
Huw Llyn
Jevan ap Meredydd Hir
Jevan ap Rydderch ap Jevan Lloyd
Jefan Tew Brydydd
John y Kent
Lewis Glyn Kothi
Lewys Môn.
Raph ap Robert
Rissiart Jerwerth
Robert Clidrow
Roger ap Robert
Rys Nantmor
Sion Meirion
Tomas ap Edward
Tudur Aled. Octavo.

BL Addl. MS. 14,906 (17th C)
Davyd ap Edmund
David ap Gwillim
Davyd ap Rees o Feni
Davyd Ddu o Hiraddug
Davydd Emlyn
Davyd Nanmor
Syr David Trefor
Deio ap Jevan Du
Edmund Prys
Edmwnd Fychan
Elis Drwynir
Gruffith Edwardes
Gruffyd Llwyd ap Davyd ap Einion, alias Gruffydd ap Davydd ap Einion o Lyglyw
Gruffyth ap Jevan Llywelyn Vachan or Vychan
Gutto or Glyinn
Gwilim ap Sefnyn
Gwillim Tew
Gwilym ap Jevan Hir
Gwilym Gwyn
Hoell ap Davvd ap Howell ap Rees
Hoell Hir
Howell Kilan
Hugh ap Richard ap Davydd
Jevan ap Hoell Surwall
Jevan Brydydd Hir
Jevan Gethin ap Jevan ap Lleission
Jevan Tew Brydydd
John Brwynog
Dr. John Kent, alias Cemp
Jolo Goch
Katherin Verch Gruffydd ap Hoell
Lewis Menai
Lewis Pol
Meredyth ap Rees
Mores Dwyfech
Moris ap Hoell ap Tydur
Morys ap Howell
Alorys Llwyd
Syr Owain Gwilym
Owen ap John ap Rees ab Syr John
Rees Pennarth
Robert Davyd Llwyd
Robert Leia
Syr Roger Offeiriad
Rydderch ap Richard
Rys Goch or Yri
Siengkin [ap] Einyon
Sion Phylip or Phillippe
Sion Tudur
Tudur Aled
William Kynwal
Y Kardiwr Du.

BL Addl. MS. 14,912 (late 14th C)
Meddigion Myddfai
Augury of the Year

BL Addl. MS. 14,919
13 Treasures of Britain (full text)
24 Knights of Arthur's Court

BL Addl. MS. 14,931(E) (13th)
Venedotian Code

BL Addl. MS. 14,939 (1779)
“Antient British Music, or a Collection of Tunes never before published, which are retained by the Cambro-Britains (more particularly in North Wales), etc., Part I. To which is prefixed an Historical account of the rise and progress of music among the Antient Britons [by Lewis Morris].”

BL Addl. MS. 14,970
Part of a collection of manuscripts in the hand of Edward Williams, better known as Iolo Morganwg. They present a compilation of medieval Welsh poetry, prose and music, copied by Williams from various early sources. Add MS 14970 contains an incomplete copy of intabulated harp music very similar to the contents of the Robert ap Huw manuscript, headed "Old Music from the book of Rhys Jones the bard." This paper examines the content of the manuscript from the basics, working upwards from the method of notation to analysis of the music.

BL Addl. MS. 14,973
24 Knights of Arthur's Court

BL Addl. MS. 14,975 (17th C)
Davydd ap Gwilim
Syr Davydd Trevor
Gruffudd ap Davydd ap Howell
Gruffydd ap Jevan [ap] Llywelyn Vachan
Gruffydd Hiraethog
Gutto o'r Glynn
Guttyn Owain
Gwilim ap Sefnyn
Howell Kilan
Howel Reinallt
Jolo Goch
Lewis Glyn Kothi
Lewys Môn
Syr Phylip Emlyn
Robin Ddu
Rys Cain
Simwnt Fychan
Sion Kent
Sion Keri
Sion Tudur
Tudur Aled
Tudur Penllyn
William Kynwal
Wiliam Llyn.

BL Addl. MS. 14,984
Psalms in Welsh
Welsh Poetry:
Cadwalader ap Thomas
Dafydd fab Gwilym
Dafydd Jones, Vicar Llanfair
Dafydd Nanmor
Syr Dafydd Trefor
David Lloyd Griffith
Davydd fab Edmwnt
Davydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
Syr Davydd Trefor
Edmwnt Prys
Edward ap Ralf
Edward ap Rys o Faelawr
Edward Irien
Edward Morris
Evan Thomas
Griffith ap Rytherch Goch
Dr. Griffith Robertes
Gruffudd ap Jefan ap Llewelyn Fychan
Gruffudd ap Jefan Llwyd Fychan
Gryffudd Llwyd ap Davydd ap Einion
Gruffuth fab yr Ynad Coch
Gruffuth Hiraethog
Gruffyth Gryg
Gwerfyl Mechain
Gwilim ap Jevan Hen
Gyttyn Owain
Howel ap Adha ap Jefan ap Tudur
Howel Eurddrem
Howel Swrdwal
Hugh Lloyd [Cynvel]
Huw ap Thomas
Huw Arwestel
Huw Cornwy ap Jefan ab Meredydd ap Griffith ap Edward
Huw Llyn
Huw Pennal
Jefan Brydydd Hir
Jefan Deulwyn
Jefan Llwyd Brydydd
Jefan Tew Brydydd
Jevan ap Gruffith
Jevan ap Howel Swrdwal
Jevan Du ap Dafydd ap Owain
Jolo Goch
Katerin verch Griffith ap Jefan ap Llywelyn Vychan
Lewis ap Edwart
Lewis ap Griffith ap Howel
Lewis Glynn Cothi
Lewis Morganwg
Llywelyn ap Howe
Meredydd fab Rys
Morgan ap Huw Lewis
Moris ap Howel Tudur
Syr Owain fab Gwilym
Owain Gwynedd
Raff fab Robert
Syr Rees
Richart Cynwal
Rhys ap Harri o Evas
Rhys Goch Glyndowrdwy
Robert ap Dafydd
Robert ap Harri
Robert Ifans
Robert Leia
Robin Ddu
Roger Kyffin
Rowlant Vaughan
Rys ap Edward
Rys Cain
Rys Ddu Brydydd
Rys Goch or Yri
Siencin ap Einion
Simwnt Fychan
Sion ap Howel
Sion ap Wiliam Gryffydd
Sion Fylib, or Phylip
Dr. Sion Cent
Sion Tudur
Tudur Aled
Wiliam ap John Wynn
Syr Wiliam Jenkyn
William Kynwal
William Llyn.

BL Addl. MS. 14,989 (16th C)
Bedo Brwynllys
Bedo Havesb
Dafydd Amrredydd ap Tudur
Dafydd ap Jevan Llwyd
Dafydd Llwyd Llywelyn ap Gruffydd
Dafydd Nanmor
Deio ap Jevan Glynne
Gwilim ap Jevan Hen
Howel ap Syr Mathew-Howel Reinalld
Huw Arwystl
Jevan ap Dafydd Ddu
Jevan ap Llowelyn Moel
Jevan ap Tudur Penllyn
Jevan Deuilwyn
Jevan Dyvi
Jevan Tew Brydydd
Lewis Glynn Kothi
Llowdden
Llowelyn Moel y Pantri
Llywelyn ap Guttun ap Jevan Llyaw
Owein Gwynnedd
Syr Robart Mideltwn
Syr Rys Karnno
Ryss Nanmor
Ryss Teganwyl
Sion Fylib
Sion Keri
Tudur Aled
Tudur Pennllyn
William Egwad.

BL Addl. MS. 14,997
Cywyddaw poetry

BL Addl. MS. 14,869 (1617)
Copy of Hendregadredd MS/Gwengraig MS.

BL Addl. MS. 14,967 (1526)
poetry, prose

BL Addl. MS. 15,002 (18th)
Llywarch Hen
Myrddin
Taliesin
Tyssilian
Llevoet Glawr
Elaeth
Aneurin.
Ynglynnion y Beddau
Pedigrees written by Guttyn Owen

BL Addl. MS. 15,012
Poems, carols
Dafydd Ellis
David Jones
David Thomas
Edwart Moris
Ellis Roberts
Harry Parry
Hugh Hughes
Hugh Jones
Jo. Cadwaladr
John Thomas, o Bentre 'r Foulas
Jonathan Hughes
Lewis Glyn Cothi
Lewis Moris
Morgan ap Huw Lewis
Morys ap Robert or Bala
Owen Gruffydd
Robert ab Evan Tomas
Robert Jones
Rowlant Vaughan
Sion Dafydds
Thomas Edwards
Thomas Prys, or Price
Thomas Williams
Walter Davies
William Phylip.

BL Addl. MS. 15,020 (1768-9)
Vol. 1. containing:-Cwynion, or Ancient Welsh law pleadings, p. I
Various pieces in prose and verse, among which are poems by Simwnt Fychan and Dr. Elis, and the twenty-four Goreuon, or most excellent things, p. 6
Catalogue of the Kings of Britain, from Brutus to Cadwaladr, in English, p. 13
Copies of three English Letters from the Rev. John Morgan to the Rev. Moses Williams, relating to ancient Welsh literature and poetry, 1714-1719, p. 24
Letters from the same to his father, the Rev. Samuel Williams, relative to a reprint of Dr. Davies' Welsh dictionary, 1713, p. 36
Extracts from a Ms. belonging to Mr. Davies of Llannerch, written by Guttyn Owen, and containing the Welsh translation of Geoffrey, etc., p. 39
Sayings of Solomon the Wise, etc., p. 44
Extracts from Lewis Dwn's book of pedigrees, p. 46
A Son- net, in English, by Lodwik Lloyd, in praise of the Queen's 'Majesty, p. 59
Extracts from a Ms. of R. Huws, intitled Melynhir [Ms Add. 14,965], p. 63
The thirteen rarities of the island of Britain, etc., ascribed to Taliesin, P. 67
Copy of the famous North Briton, No. 45, with Mr. Wilkes's speeches to the Court of King's Bench, addresses, etc., 1768-9, p. 70
Damegion, or Fables, composed about the year 1300, p. 93
Triads, and other pieces, p. 109
Account of the poetical controversy between Edmund Prys, Archdeacon of Merioneth, and William Cynwal, p. 117
Additions, by Lewis Morris, to Dr. Davies's dictionary, p. 125.

BL Addl. MS. 15,047
13 Treasures of Britain (full text)

BL Addl. MS. 15,059
13 Treasures of Britain (full text)

BL Addl. MS. 19,709 (14th C)
Dares Phyrgius
Brut y Brehinedd [Published under the name of Tysilio, in the Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales Vol. II., 1801, p. 83. ]

BL Addl. MS. 19,710 (15th C)
vaticination: prose, verse.
Extracts of history
Poems by Taliesin and Rys the poet

BL Addl. MS. 19,711 (16th C)
Rules for the proceedings at the Eisteddfod under Henry VIII.

BL Addl. MS. 22,356 (mid 15th)
Laws (Welsh S)

BL Addl. MS. 31,055
Names of Britain
24 Knights of Arthur's Court

BL Addl. MS. 34,125 (1326): aka the Black book of St. David's.
Ecclesiastical holdings

Other

Lichfield, Cathedral Library: Llyfr Chad/Lichfield Gospels
Surrexit Memorandum
other Old Welsh fragments

Hunter MS 287 (University of Glasgow)
Leges Wallicae, Hoeli Boni, aliorumque principum

Philadelphia 8680: hand of Hywel Fychan
Dares Phrygius
Brut y Brehinedd

UNKNOWN LOCATION:
Llyfr Blegywryd
Cyfreithiau Hywel Dda

LOST MANUSCRIPTS:
Hengwrt MS 33 Hanesyn Hen
Llyfr Gwyn Hergest
Llyfr Iorwerth