Aberystwyth National Library of Wales Cwrtmawr MS 20A

Manuscript Identification

Reference Number

Welsh11

Location

Aberystwyth, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

Siglum / Shelfmark

Cwrtmawr 20A

Page / Folio range

119-132

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative

Ystori Saith Doethion Rufain

Incipit or textual title

Llyma Ystori Saith doethion Rhufain: Diaclesiawn oedd amherawdr yn Rhufain...

Version (siglum)

A (Seven Sages)

Language Group within Version

Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein

Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version

Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A

Source for textual relationship

Lewis (1929), Evans (1905)

Languages

Language of text

Welsh

Authorship & Production

Scribe

David Richards

Place of Production

Carmarthenshire, Wales

Date of Production

1750 - 1782

Source of Date of Production

NLW catalogue: https://archives.library.wales/index.php/barddoniaeth-rhyddiaith-3

Physical Description

Material

Paper

Total pages / folios

169

Height

162

Width

102

Prose or verse

Prose

Illustrations

No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

From NLW catalogue:

A composite manuscript in the hand of David Richards (1725-82), curate of Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire containing 'cywyddau', etc. by Lewys Glyn Cothi, Raff ap Robert, Lewys Daron, Lewys Menai, W[ilia]m Llyn, Ie[a]'n ap Madog, and Dafydd ap Gwilym, and anonymous poems; 'englynion' by D[afyd]d ap Edmwnt, [Richard Davies] ('Escob Dewi') and H[uw] Lewis; extracts from 'cywyddau' by Ieuan Tew Brydydd, I[euan] Deulwyn, R[h]is[iart] Philyp, Sion Tudur, H[uw] Llwyd [Cynfal], and T[homas] Prys; extracts from William Baxter: Glossarium Antiquitatum Britannicarum ... (Londini, 1719); a stanza by [John] Dryden in honour of St David's Day; lists of contents of 'Hen Lyfr Carpiop [sic] B[en] Simon'; 'Llyfr Dauliw Ben Simon', and 'Llyfr y Brut Ben Simon'; 'Englynion y Misoedd' by Aneurin Gwawdrydd; 'Llyma Ddifregwawd Taliesin'; 'Llyma Ystori Owain ap Urien Reged'; 'Llyma val y Cafad Taliessin'; Llyma Ystori Saith doethion Rhufain'; 'Cyngor Arystotlys i Alexander mawr i ydnabod'; lists of words from the poetry of D[afydd ap] G[wilym] quoted in John Davies: Dictionarium Duplex, etc.

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

NLW catalogue, NLW catalogue

Modern Research Literature

Evans (1905), Lewis (1929)

Research Material

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