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Llyfr llawysgrif o gywyddau (gan mwyaf) yr hen Feirdd Cymreig, 1300-1630

Llyfr llawysgrif o gywyddau (gan mwyaf) yr hen Feirdd Cymreig, 1300-1630

Houghton Library, Lewis Mon, Llywarch Hen, Taliesin

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Transcription in several unidentified hands of Welsh poems, dating from ca. 1300 to 1630, according to J. R. Morris. Pt. 1 of this manuscript (p. 5-170) is a collection of poems by members of the Beirdd yr Uchelwyr, or Poets of Gentry, including poems of praise, request, satire, or thanks directed toward noble patrons; pt. 2 (p. 171-182) includes poems attributed to the Cynfeirdd, or Early Poets, Taliesin and Llywarch Hen, as well as a variety of nature and gnomic verses, some of which are not attributed to an author.

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OL44669654W

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Welsh poetryManuscriptsWelsh Manuscripts

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