Cylchgronau Cymru

FIFTH SERIES.—VOL. IX, NO. XXXV. JULY 1892. DISCOVER? OF BISHOP RICHARD DA VIES' MS. WELSH VERSION of the PASTORAL EPISTLES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS. BY THE VEN. ARCHDEACON THOMAS, F.S.A. In the Ecclesiastical Art Exhibition, held in connection with the Church Congress at Rhyl, in October, last year, there was "lent by P. B. Davies-Cooke, Esq., of Gwysaney, Mold" (among other objects), this, "91 MS. in Welsh, Epistles of St. Paul/' etc. By Mr. Davies-Cooke's kind permission I was allowed to have it out of its glass case and look more closely at it. Time did not admit of a minute examination, but it sufficed to show that the volume was one of rare interest and value. Since then Mr. Davies-Cooke has very courteously enabled me to inspect it with greater leisure and minuteness, and I now write down the results. The volume has been half-bound (1891) in red morocco, under the direction of Mr. Maunde Thompson of the British Museum, and is a folio 12 ins. by 8 ins., with the title " The First Epistle to Timothy ; Welsh." This was no doubt taken from that on the old parch¬ ment cover, but it is by no means an adequate index to the contents. The old title ran, "St. Paul's First Epistle to Timothy and 2 d°", beneath which was 5th skr., vol. ix. 12