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Tabl cynnwys | Table of contents

Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information ...... 3 Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content ...... 3 Nodiadau | Notes ...... 4 Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points ...... 4

- Tudalen | Page 2 - NLW MS 23947C. An outline of Mr Southey's poem entitled Madoc,

Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information

Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: An outline of Mr Southey's poem entitled Madoc, ID: NLW MS 23947C. Virtua system control vtls004452882 number [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: [1805]. (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 220 ff. (text mostly on rectos) ;225 x 180 mm.Paper over boards; Physical description: 'MADOC' (in gold on red leather label on spine).Leaves excised after ff. 3, 220; f. 6 excised, with a new leaf pasted onto the stub.Leaves excised after ff. 3, 220; f. 6 excised, with a new leaf pasted onto the stub Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Original title. [generalNote]: Nodyn | Note Preferred citation: NLW MS 23947C. [generalNote]:

Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content

A volume, [1805] (watermark 1800), in the hand of 'J.W.L.' [possibly Sir James Winter Lake, bart], containing an outline of 's poem 'Madoc'. The outline consists of a prose summary of the contents of parts one (ff. 7-111) and two (ff. 113-218) of the poem, as first published in Robert Southey, Madoc, 2 vols (London, 1805), with numerous quotations from the text throughout. A list of characters (ff. 4-5) and closing notes (ff. 218-219) are based on Southey's Preface. Also included are some of Southey's notes on Bards from the appendix to Vol. 1 (ff. 66-68); a description of the beaver from Thomas Pennant, History of Quadrupeds, 2 vols (London: B. White, Fleet Street, 1781, ESTC T113535), pp. 383-387 (ff. 71-76); several ink and watercolour drawings (ff. 2 verso, 5, 6, 7, 70 verso, 75 verso, 112, 113, 219), some based on plates in the printed work; and four prints which have been pasted into the volume (ff. 3 recto-verso, 6 verso, 85 verso). The volume was written to commemorate 'the departure of an affectionate son to Prince of Wales's Island [now Penang,

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 NLW MS 23947C. An outline of Mr Southey's poem entitled Madoc, Malaysia] in the East Indies on Sat[urda]y April 20 1805' (see f. 3); the new chaplain assigned to Penang in 1805 was the Rev. Atwill Lake, son of Sir James Winter Lake, Edmonton, Middlesex.

Nodiadau | Notes

Nodiadau teitl | Title notes

Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Castle Bookshop; Montgomery; Purchase; May 2006

Ffurf arall ar gael | Alternative form available Text

Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright laws apply.

Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published • Dynodwr sefydliad | Institution identifier: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points

• Southey, Robert, 1774-1843. Madoc. (pwnc) | (subject) • Madog ab , 1150-1180? -- Poetry. (pwnc) | (subject) • Southey, Robert, 1774-1843. (pwnc) | (subject) • Lake, James Winter, Sir, 1742-1807. (pwnc) | (subject) • Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. (pwnc) | (subject) • English poetry -- 19th century. (ffurfiau dogfennol) | (documentary form) • Narrative poetry, English. (ffurfiau dogfennol) | (documentary form) • Bards and bardism. (pwnc) | (subject) • Beavers -- Wales. (pwnc) | (subject)

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