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« on: Sunday 23 April 06 16:18 BST (UK) »
This is just an interim note to let you know that while I did not have joy with the ultraviolet lamp I got, and anyway my camera had filled up with photos the day before, my cousin was able to get some shots with her camera, which give pretty good views. The back endpapers were not covered in faded writing as I thought, but were just mottled. At this stage, I am wondering whether the writing was to record the change of ownership of the Bible, possibly from its original use as a chained Bible to private ownership, but that's just guesswork based on my interpretation of one word there, sale, which might be misread anyway.
I will attach what I can; I read thus:
Hugh Gadwalad iw gwir berchenog y llifyr (llyfr) hwn 1717.
(gochwyl?) gwilia os gweli ni/roi hynws ymhirach
mwin grasol idi ym groigg dig Dafudd os dygi fi
Morus Jones his hand
and
William Huse his Book 1762
and Sale 1762
Hugh Williams his hand and Book 1762
It's not much more than I had before, but at least I know there is not a great list of ancestors named in faded writing!
Rowena