Lexicon Cambro-Britannicum,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 Llanstephan MS 189i & ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006089953
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1721-1722 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English, Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • Llanstephan MS 189i Extent: 354 ff. Llanstephan MS 189ii Extent: 145 ff. Bound in full calf.
  • Location
    • DE/SOUTH SA/OPEN SHELVES
      ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A manuscript containing 'Lexicon Cambro-Britannicum' by William Gambold, late of Exeter College, Oxford, later rector of Puncheston in Pembrokeshire. Part i of the manuscript contains an English-Welsh dictionary of '88 sheets, writ in 7 months' and completed 'Sep. 14. 1722'. The material was 'collected out of Dr. Davies's Latin-Welsh Dictionary, the Welsh translation of the holy Bible, several approved Welsh Authors, and common use'. There are three columns to each folio. Part ii contains a Welsh-English dictionary of '36 sheets', begun 'Nov. 27. 1721' and completed 'Feby. 17th 1721/2'. There are three columns to each folio.

Access Information

Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.

Note

Llanstephan MS 189i is numbered '24', also '91'.

Preferred citation: Llanstephan MS 189i & ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Other Finding Aids

J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. II, part II (London, 1903), p. 776.

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Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

Inside the cover is the bookplate of 'John M. Traherne, F.R.S.', who gave the volume to 'The Lord Bishop of St. David's, August 1851'.

Related Material

For Llanstephan MS 189ii see also Llanstephan MS 190, which contains a second and enlarged edition of this text.

Additional Information

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