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Medieval Welsh Manuscripts by Daniel Huws (2000, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
ISBN-100708316026
ISBN-139780708316023
eBay Product ID (ePID)1705666
Product Key Features
Number of Pages354 Pages
Publication NameMedieval Welsh Manuscripts
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
SubjectBook, General, Books & Reading
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Design, Référence
AuthorDaniel Huws
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight0 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-344601
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsThis book, the first ever to be devoted to the manuscripts that preserved the treasuresof medieval Welsh literature, offers a fascinating introduction to the manuscripttradition in Wales. Welsh is one of the earliest literatures of Europe and, until about1800, most of its classics, including the Mabinogion, the poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym andthe Welsh chronicles, were transmitted by manuscript.Twentieth-century work on Welsh manuscripts was largely dependent on the publicationsof J. Gwenogvryn Evans at the beginning of that century. Medieval Welsh Manuscriptsoffers a comprehensive and long overdue revision of the subject. The opening chapters,giving a coherent view of the Welsh manuscript tradition, are followed by detailed studiesof some of the key manuscripts, such as Liber Landavensis (the Book of Llandaf),the Hendregadredd Manuscript and the White Book of Rhydderch, and by chapters on theHengwrt-Peniarth and Mostyn collections of manuscripts. A list of all manuscripts in Welshup to 1540 will be found invaluable. The volume includes thirty-six plates, which providethe first representative collection in one volume of facsimiles of Welsh manuscripts fromthe ninth to the sixteenth century.Daniel Huws employs the skills of palaeography and codicology, but also places themanuscripts firmly in their literary and historical contexts. He provides a newunderstanding of how Welsh manuscripts were made, of their script, their dating and of thekind of people who wrote them and who were their patrons. Above all he succeeds incombining lucidity and deep learning with a delight in his subject, thus ensuring a volumethat is both lively and enlightening.This is a book that is likely to remain indispensable well into the twenty-firstcentury not just in relation to medieval Wales, but also in bringing Welsh manuscriptsinto the general field of discussion of the medieval book.A former Keeper of Manuscripts at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, DanielHuws is the leading authority on Welsh medieval manuscripts.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal891.6/609001
SynopsisTwentieth-century work on Welsh manuscripts has been dependent on the publications of Gwenogvryn Evans a century ago. This text provides a coherent view of the Welsh manuscript tradition and detailed studies which have transformed our understanding of some of the key manuscripts., A collection of scholarly articles and lectures reflecting an articulate understanding of the Welsh manuscript tradition in its literary and historical contexts, together with detailed in-depth explorations of some well-known manuscripts by the leading authority in the field. Over 50 black-and-white illustrations of manuscript facsimilies. First published July 2000, Twentieth-century work on Welsh manuscripts has been largely dependent on the publications of Gwenogvryn Evans a century ago. This volume offers a revision of the subject. It provides a coherent view of the Welsh manuscript tradition and detailed studies which have transformed our understanding of some of the key manuscripts, such as Liber Landavensis (the book of Llandaff), the Hendregadredd Manuscript and the White Book of Rhydderch., A collection of scholarly articles and lectures reflecting an articulate understanding of the Welsh manuscript tradition in its literary and historical contexts, together with detailed in-depth explorations of some well-known manuscripts by the leading authority in the field. Over 50 black-and-white illustrations of manuscript facsimilies. First published July
LC Classification NumberPB2221.H89 2000
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