Black Book of Carmarthen

Llyfr You Caerfyrddin [ ɬivr di ː kair'vərðin ] ( The Black Book of Carmarthen, " The Black Book of Carmarthen " ) is the name of one of the most important collections of manuscripts in kymrischer language that is dated to the second half of the 13th century.

History

The name derives from one of the earlier Repositories, of the Priory of St. John the Evangelist and Teulyddog in Carmarthen (Welsh Caerfyrddin ), the capital of the county of Carmarthenshire in Wales.

The assumption that the work was created in the 12th century, has been refuted by modern palaeographical comparisons. The contents of the book consists of anonymous poems, some religious content, partly Price songs on Welsh Noble from the 11th and 12th centuries. Some legends and myths are recorded, such as Englynion Gereint ( " The verses Gereints " ), Englynion y Beddeu ( " The verses of the tombs " ), Pa. WR yw'r porthor? ( "Who is the gatekeeper ?"), And other tales from the sagas surrounding Arthur and Merlin.

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