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1. 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

2. Add MS 14935

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Add MS 14935
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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

3. Add MS 46397

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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

4. 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

5. Harley MS 1782

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Harley MS 1782
Title:
Pascon agan Arluth (The Passion of our Lord)
Scope & Content:
Contents: Pascon agan Arluth, a poem in 259 stanzas containing a detailed description of the Passion of Christ. This is the earliest copy of a full text in the Cornish language to have survived, and the only Cornish manuscript with miniatures (see Murdoch, Cornish Literature (1993), p. 19). It...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish and English
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
Paper codex

6. Harley MS 1867

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Harley MS 1867
Title:
The Creation of the World [Cornish play]; and John Davies, ‘Adagia Britannica’. With other papers.
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1: Letter from Edward Lhwyd to Nathaniel Lloyd. 29 November 1708. ff. 2-58: The Creation of the World: Cornish play, copied from the manuscript written out by William Jordan, 1611, in the Bodleian Library Oxford (MS Bodl. 219), with parallel English translation by John Keigwyn, da...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cornish, English, Latin, and Welsh
Date Range:
Mid 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume