Manuscripts

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 4973B Liber B

  • s. xvii1
  • Welsh manuscripts
Identifiers
Shelfmark
4973B
Title
Liber B
Provenance and related aspects
Date
s. xvii1
first half of the 17th century
Hands, scribes
Davies (John) [of Mallwyd]
Davies (John) ... of Mallwyd
(d. 1644)
John Davies of Mallwyd, Welsh scholar, author of a Welsh grammar and dictionary

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John Davies of Mallwyd (d. 1644)
Hands indexed:
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John Davies of Mallwyd (d. 1644).

John Davies [of Mallwyd]Davies (John) ... of Mallwyd
(d. 1644)
John Davies of Mallwyd, Welsh scholar, author of a Welsh grammar and dictionary
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Distinct units
ff. 396-407
Aberystwyth, National Lib…  ff. 396-407

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Locus

While it is not a reality yet, CODECS seeks consistency in formatting references to locations of texts and other items of interest in manuscripts. Our preferences may be best explained with some examples:

  • f. 23ra.34: meaning folio 23 recto, first column, line 34
  • f. 96vb.m: meaning folio 96, verso, second column, middle of the page (s = top, m = middle, i = bottom)
    • Note that marg. = marginalia, while m = middle.
  • p. 67b.23: meaning page 67, second column, line 23
The list below has been collated from the table of contents, if available on this page,Progress in this area is being made piecemeal. Full and partial tables of contents are available for a small number of manuscripts. and incoming annotations for individual texts (again, if available).Whenever catalogue entries about texts are annotated with information about particular manuscript witnesses, these manuscripts can be queried for the texts that are linked to them.

Sources

Primary sources This section typically includes references to diplomatic editions, facsimiles and photographic reproductions, notably digital image archives, of at least a major portion of the manuscript. For editions of individual texts, see their separate entries.

[dig. img.] National Library of Wales, National Library of Wales: Digital gallery, Online: NLW, ?–present. URL: <https://www.llyfrgell.cymru/darganfod/oriel-ddigidol/llawysgrifau/>. 
Previously Digital Mirror / Drych Digidol, the digital library of the National Library of Wales gives access to digitised manuscripts, printed works, archival materials and other media.

Secondary sources (select)

Huws, Daniel, A repertory of Welsh manuscripts and scribes c.800–c.1800, 3 vols, vol. 1: Manuscripts, Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 2022.
208–209
Davies, Ceri [ed.], Dr John Davies of Mallwyd: Welsh Renaissance scholar, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2004.
Huws, Daniel, Medieval Welsh manuscripts, Cardiff and Aberystwyth: University of Wales Press, 2000.
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May 2012, last updated: February 2023