ILLUSTRATIONS


Facsimile of a page from the Black Book of Carmarthen original: "Caermarthen"; this is the earliest known manuscript written entirely in the Welsh language, dating to the mid-13th century, folio 2 folio: a leaf of a manuscript or book, typically numbered on the front side	. . . To face page	3
Facsimile of a page from the Book of Aneirin original: "Aneurin"; a 13th-century manuscript containing the heroic poem 'Y Gododdin'	..	62
Facsimile of a page from the Book of Taliesin original: "Taliessin"; a 14th-century collection of some of the most famous early Welsh poems	..	108
Facsimile of a page from the Red Book of Hergest One of the most important medieval Welsh manuscripts, containing prose tales like the Mabinogion and various poems	..	218