Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin

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Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin [ ɬivr diː kair'vərðin ] ( The Black Book of Carmarthen ; "The Black Book of Carmarthen") is the name of one of the most important collective manuscripts in the Cymrian language , which is dated to the second half of the 13th century.

history

The name is derived from one of the earlier repositories, the Priory Ieuan Efengylwr a Theulyddog ( St. John the Evangelist and Teulyddog ) in Carmarthen (Wal. Caerfyrddin ), the capital of the county of Carmarthenshire in Wales .

The assumption that the work was created as early as the 12th century has been refuted by modern palaeographic comparisons. The content of the book consists of anonymous poems, some with religious content, some with awards chants to Welsh nobles from the 11th and 12th centuries. Some legends and myths are also recorded, such as Englynion Gereint ("The stanzas Gereints "), Englynion y Beddeu ("The stanzas of the graves"), Pa ŵr yw'r porthor? (“Who is the gatekeeper?”), As well as other stories from the legendary circle about Arthur and Merlin .

The manuscript is now in the National Library of Wales ( Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru [ ɬəvrgeɬ geneˈdlaɪθol kəmˈrɪ ]) in Aberystwyth .

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See also

Individual evidence

  1. Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 , p. 472.