The Four Ancient Books of Wales (Black Book of Carmarthen, Book of Taliesin, Book of Aneurin)
- Language:
- English
- Translation:
- William Forbes Skene
- Status:
- Complete work
- Authorship:
- Written by the author
- Condition of the text:
- Clean text · 1 illegible passages, excluded from answers
- Extent:
- ~80,400 words · 382 passages
Cite this work
- APAMabinogion. (n.d.). The Four Ancient Books of Wales (Black Book of Carmarthen, Book of Taliesin, Book of Aneurin). SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/mabinogion/the-four-ancient-books-of-wales-black-book-of-carmarthen-book-of-taliesin-book-of-aneurin
- MLAMabinogion. "The Four Ancient Books of Wales (Black Book of Carmarthen, Book of Taliesin, Book of Aneurin)." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/en/works/mabinogion/the-four-ancient-books-of-wales-black-book-of-carmarthen-book-of-taliesin-book-of-aneurin.
- ChicagoMabinogion. The Four Ancient Books of Wales (Black Book of Carmarthen, Book of Taliesin, Book of Aneurin). SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/mabinogion/the-four-ancient-books-of-wales-black-book-of-carmarthen-book-of-taliesin-book-of-aneurin.
What it is about
The Four Ancient Books of Wales: the poetry, not the tales.
Context and history
The Black Book of Carmarthen, the Book of Taliesin, the Book of Aneirin and the Red Book. It is not Mabinogi, though the catalogue files it under the same name: it is the oldest Welsh poetry there is, and includes Y Gododdin, with the earliest known mention of Arthur.
Editorial context, not a citable source: unlike the passages of the work itself, these statements cannot be checked against the corpus.
Recent Criticism of the Mythological Poems examined . 184 CHAPTER XIL Beeent Criticism of the Historical Poems examined 208 CHAPTER XIII. True Place of the Poems in Welsh Literature .225 CHAPTER XIV. Besult of the Examination of the Poems, and their Classification .242 / TO TRANSLATION OF THE POEMS. msrroRiCAL poems comtadong alldbioks TO EVENTS PRIOR TO AJk 660. fOEMS EBFBERIKO TO EAMLT TtLADITIONS. j L Book of Taliesnn uv. Tho BcfwiKiliatfwi of j Uadd the LesB .... S63 II. Book of Taliessin XLIL DwOh-MOg of Cotvoi, son of Dajiy ..... i54 UL Book of Taliessin xu Dealli-Miig of Erof Kfi I V. Book of Tatieesin XLL . . S66 V. Book of Taliessin XLYL .... S67 B. POEMS REFEERINO TO ARTHUR THE OVLEDW. VL Book of Taliessin XV. The Chair of Um Soreraigii 359 Vn. Black Book of Gaennaithen XXXL 361 Vm. Book of Talieesin XXX. . .364 Black Book of Caermarthen xxu. Genin^ aon ) of Erbin > 366 Red Book of Hergeet xiv. . ] O. F0EM8 REFERRIHO TO QHTYDYOK AP DON AND HIE OWYDDYL AND THE ERTtHWTR, X. Book of Taliewin x. Daronwy . 369 XI. Book of Taliewin UL The Praiae of Lhidd the ' Great .371 VIU C0MTEMT8. Page XII. Book of Taliessin XIV
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