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1. Add MS 14866-14961

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Add MS 14866-14961
Title:
Collection of Welsh Manuscripts, from No. 14,866 to No. 14,961 inclusive, presented by the Governors of the Welsh School, London.
Scope & Content:
Welsh Manuscripts: Collection of, formerly belonging to the Welsh School, London. Poetry WELSH: Collection of Welsh poetry, etc. Davydd Nanmor: Poems: Welsh.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Breton, Cornish, English, Greek, Modern, Irish, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
Early 13th century-18th century
Extent:
96 items

2. Add MS 14934

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Add MS 14934
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Scope & Content:
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS of Lewis Morris, intitled by him 'Rhapsodia.' The principal contents are :- Englyns and short poems in Welsh, by various writers, among whom are Syr Ifan [o Garno]; Syr H. R. Len; William Cynwal; John Gruffydd; William Philip; Richard Philip; E.R.; Dafydd Nanmor; Elis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish, English, Greek, Modern, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
1282-1759
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 14935

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Scope & Content:
ANOTHER VOLUME Of Miscellaneous Collections, by Lewis Morris. The principal contents are as follows :- List of Welsh words omitted by Dr. Davies and Mr. Llywd, f. 2;-Index of the contents of the volume called Prif feirdd Cymreig [Add. 14,867], f. 8; -Index of the contents of the volume called ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Breton, Cornish, English, Irish, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
1663-1761
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 28554

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Add MS 28554
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PAPERS of William Gwavas, of Newlyn, Penzance, relating to the Cornish language, chiefly collected at Newlyn, Mousehole and St. Just; 1709-1736. 1. Letters of John Boson to William Gwavas, containing a version of the Lord's Prayer, two epitaphs on [,James] Jenkins of Alverton, Penzance (see f. 136) and various notes; Newlyn, 25 Dec. 1709-21 Feb. 1720. Cornish and English. ff. 2, 6, 10, 12. 2. William Gwavas to Oliver Pendar, John Boson, and Thomas Tonkin; London, Penzance and Newlyn, 11 ...
Scope & Content:
William Gwavas, of Newlyn, Penzance: Papers relating to the Cornish language: 1709-1736. Cornish Language: Collections on, by W. Gwavas: 1709-1736.: Corn. and Eng. Poetry: Copies of Cornish poems: 18th cent. includes: f. 1 Davies Gilbert, PRS; MP for Bodmin: Letter to Rev. W. Veale: 1836. ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish and English
Date Range:
17th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 43409

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Add MS 43409
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MATERIALS RELATING TO THE CORNISH LANGUAGE and the Cornish dialect of English, collected by William Pryce, M.D., F.S.A., of Redruth (d. 1790), art. 1 (except for the title on f. 3 and the original entries on ff. 3b-5, which appear to be written by an amanuensis) and art. 2 being autograph. As follows:- (1) 'An Essay Towards an Alphabetical Etymological Topographical Vocabulary in Comish wherein the signification in English of the Names of Persons Places Towns Fields Rivers Tin and Coppermi...
Scope & Content:
William Pryce, MD, FSA; of Redruth: Compiled: [bef. 1778?]. Cornish Language: Materials rel. to the Cornish language and the Cornish dialect of English, collected by W. Pryce: 18th cent. includes: ff. 3-50 Mines: Dictionary of Cornish mining terms, by W. Pryce: [bef. 1778?].ff. 3-50 Dicti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish and English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 46397

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PULESTON PAPERS. Vol I. Homilies (13) in Cornish; temp. Mary I. The first twelve (ff. 1-58) are translations by John Tregear, clericus, of the first twelve of the thirteen by Edmund Bonner, John Harpsfield, and Henry Pendleton, appended to Bonner's Profitable and Necessarye Doctrine, 1555. The l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish and English
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 46397-46400

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Add MS 46397-46400
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PULESTON PAPERS Miscellaneous papers of the Puleston family of Emral, co. Flint, and related families; temp. Hen. VIII [between 1509-1547]-1807. Part of the collection described in Hist. MSS. Comm., 2nd Report, 1871, App., pp. 65-68, cf. ibid., 15th Report, App. vii, 1898, pp. 307-343, of which the major portion was deposited, in 1921, in the National Library of Wales (MSS. 3561-3588; Handlist of MSS. in the Nat. Libr. of Wales, i, 1943, pp. 296-299). For other material from the same sourc...
Scope & Content:
Puleston family; of Emral: Miscellaneous papers and deeds of: 1334-1807.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish, English, and Latin
Date Range:
[1509-1547]
Extent:
5 items

8. Cotton MS

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Cotton MS
Title:
Cotton Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
The Cotton Manuscripts contains a variety of material, much of it relating to the history, literature and culture of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 17th century. It is particularly rich in: (a) manuscripts written in Old English; (b) monastic cartularies; (c) saints’ Liv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, Arabic, Cipher, Coast Miwok, Cornish, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, Middle, English, English, Middle, English, Old, Flemish, French, French, Old, German, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Inuit, Irish, Irish, Middle, Italian, Javanese, Latin, Low German, Occitan, Old, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Saxon, Old, Scots, Scots, Spanish, Temne, and Welsh
Date Range:
5th century-19th century
Extent:
1,429 manuscripts

9. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV

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Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV
Title:
Calendar, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary, 'Vita Sanctorum Wallensium'; excerpts from Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, Gilbert Crispin, De spiritu sancto, and an Altercatio inter Urbanum et Clementem; Letter-book of Archbishop Wulfstan
Scope & Content:
This is a composite manuscript, containing texts made between the early 11th and late 12th century. These include: ff. 1-105: a calendar, Latin-Old Cornish glossary, documents pertaining to Wales, and lives of Welsh saints ('Vita Sanctorum Wallensium'), which was copied in the 2nd half of 12th ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish, English, Old, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of 11th century-2nd half 12th century
Extent:

1 parchment codex

10. Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV, ff 1–105

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Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV, ff 1–105
Title:
Calendar; Latin-Old Cornish glossary; De situ Brecheniauc; Vita sancti Gundleii regis; Vita et passio sancti Cadoci; Vita sancti Iltuti abbatis; Geoffrey (alias Stephen) of Llandaff, Vita sancti Teliaui episcopi; De primo statu Landauensis ecclesie; Vita sancti Dubritii archiepiscopi; Rhygyfarch ap Sulien, Vita sancti Davidis episcopi; Genealogia and mass for St David; Benedict of Gloucester, Vita sancti Dubritii archiepiscopi; Vita sancti Bernaci; Vita sancti Paterni episcopi; Vita sancti Cl...
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a calendar, a Latin-Old Cornish Glossary, and series of hagiographical materials related to Welsh and Western British saints, in Latin. These include: ff. 1r–6v: calendar; ff. 7r–10r: Latin-Old Cornish glossary; ff. 10v–11v: De situ Brecheniauc; f. 12r: blank; f. 12...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV