Iolo Manuscripts
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| Author | Iolo Morganwg (edited by Taliesin Williams) |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Welsh Bardic and Druidic beliefs |
| Publisher | W. Rees, Longman & Co., Welsh Manuscripts Society |
Publication date | 1848 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | print (hardback) |
| Pages | 712pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-1-143-60632-8 |
The Iolo Manuscripts are a collection of manuscripts compiled into a Welsh Bardic and Druidic theology book written by Iolo Morganwg, edited by Taliesin Williams and published in 1848. The book is subtitled "A selection of ancient Welsh manuscripts, in prose and verse, from the collection made by the late Edward Williams, Iolo Morganwg, for the purpose of forming a continuation of the Myfyrian archaeology; and subsequently proposed as materials for a new History of Wales: with English translations and notes".[1][2][3][4] The discussion regarding the authenticity of some of the manuscripts is ongoing and the subject of study at the University of Wales. John Michell remarked in 1984 that "The controversy about which of them (Iolo’s manuscripts) are genuinely ancient and which are of Iolo’s writing is still brewing…".[5][6]
References
- ^ Iolo Morganwg; Society for the Publication of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts, Abergavenny (1848). Iolo Manuscripts: A Selection of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts, in Prose and Verse, from the Collection Made by the Late Edward Williams, Iolo Morganwg, for the Purpose of Forming a Continuation of the Myfyrian Archaiology; and Subsequently Proposed as Materials for a New History of Wales. W. Rees; sold by Longman and Company, London. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ Peter Knight; Jonathan Long (2004). Fakes and Forgeries. Cambridge Scholars Press. pp. 210–. ISBN 978-1-904303-40-4. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ Dirk Van Hulle; Joseph Theodoor Leerssen (2008). Editing the Nation's Memory: Textual Scholarship and Nation-Building in 19th-Century Europe. Rodopi. pp. 123–. ISBN 978-90-420-2484-7. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ Marie Trevelyan (1909). Folk-Lore and Folk-Stories of Wales. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 156–. ISBN 978-0-85409-938-2. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ John Hart. The National CV of Britain. Edfu Books Ltd. pp. 263–. ISBN 978-1-905815-61-6. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833). The Encyclopaedia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature. C. Scribner's sons. pp. 327–. Retrieved 23 October 2012.