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Add MS 6918
- Record Id:
- 032-003442987
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442987
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x0005de
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6918
- Title:
- Extracts relating to the history of Wales
- Scope & Content:
-
1. Notes of various chronicles relating to British history in the Cottonian and Harleian collections. ff. 1-2b.
2. Names of the numerals in Welsh; from Harley MS 7013, with the names and sounds of the letters in the Welsh alphabet. ff. 3-6.
3. The Triads; or history of the Heroes, chief events, etc. of Wales, by threes, in Welsh; with an English translation of the greater portion, and an alphabetical index of names at the end; transcribed from Harley MS 4181. ff. 7-89v.
4. ‘The Division of Wales, taken out of Lhyvyr Koch o Hergast’ [Llyfr Coch Hergest, Red Book of Hergest, now Jesus College MS 111, at the Bodleian Library, Oxford]; from the same manuscript [Harley MS 4181]. ff. 90-97.
5. ‘Achey yr Santy, the Pedigrees of severall British saints, taken out of an old Welsh MS wrote about A.D. 1250, late in the custody of Mr Edw. Lluyd’; from the same manuscript [Harley MS 4181]. ff. 98-108.
6. ‘The Pedigrees of several British Saints, taken out of an old Welch MS of Mr John Lewis of Lhuynweney in Radnorshire, wrote about the time of Q. Elizabeth’; from the same manuscript [Harley MS 4181]. ff. 109-114.
7. ‘The Genealogy and Issue of Brychan, coppyed verbatim out of an old Welch MS written by one Llyvelyn Offerind, a Priest, about 500 years past, now kept in Jesus Colledge library, this year 1710’; from the same manuscript [Harley MS 4181]. ff. 115-126.
8. ‘The Pedigrees of severall Saints and Princes of Wales, taken out of the MS of Lhyvelin Offeiriad’; from the same manuscript [Harley MS 4181]. ff. 126-128.
9. Remarks on the above Descent of Brychan; with a copy of another statement respecting his descendants, made by Dr Davis; from the same manuscript [Harley MS 4181]. ff. 128-135.
10. Copy of a manuscript in the Cotton library [Cotton MS Vespasian A XIV] De Situ Brecheniane, with an account of Bychan and his descendants, written in Latin, accompanied by an English translation; from the same manuscript [Harley MS 4181] to which Mr Hindley has added a fac-simile transcript of the original text in the Cotton Manuscripts. ff. 135v-146.
11. Another copy of the same narrative, in Latin, from Cotton MS Domitian A I, taken from the Harley Manuscripts to which Mr Hindley added a fac-simile transcript of the original Cotton text. ff. 146v-162.
12. Pedigrees of the Kings of Carmaerthen or Brecknockshire, including an account of Brychan and his progeny; from the same Harley MS 4181. ff. 163-179.
13. De Regibus Britannorum, a Japhet filio Noe, ad Cadwalladrum; from Harley MS 1418. ff. 180-183.
14. De Vocatione et Adventu Anglorum; from the same manuscript Harley MS 1418]. ff. 183-185.
15. Historiola de Regibus Anglo-Saxonum et Anglorum, ab Egberto ad Stephanum usque; recensione liberorum, epitaphiis, et armorum insignibus illustrata; from the same manuscript [Harley MS 1418]. ff. 186-216.
16. Pedigrees of the Kings of Wales, Little Britain, and Glamorgan; from Harley MS 4181. ff. 217-226.
17. Ex Historia Saxonica Petroburgensi; from Cotton MS Domitian A XVIII. ff. 227-234.
18. Gothic and Saxon alphabets. ff. 235v-236.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003442987", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 6918: Extracts relating to the history of Wales" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442987
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442987
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (236 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
Welsh - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1760
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- Late 18th century-Early 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Quarto
- Source of Acquisition:
- Add MS 6913 to 7057 inclusive consist chiefly of historical transcripts, excerpts and collections made by the Rev. John Haddon Hindley, principally from manuscripts in the British Museum; together with a few Oriental manuscripts; all presented by Mrs M. B
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.