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	BBC NEWS \| Wales \| Ancient 'black book' goes online
		The Black Book, which was named after the colour of its binding, includes some of the earliest Welsh literature, and includes references to King Arthur and Myrddin (Merlin).
		The book, which is made of 54 pages made from animal skin, was part of a collection bought for £5,500 by the National Library of Wales in 1904 by its founder Sir John Williams.
		"The book is so fragile that a special book cradle had to be used to hold it for photographs to be taken," he said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/2502845.stm (428 words)

	Carmarthen - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		CARMARTHEN (Caerfyrddin), a municipal borough, contributory parliamentary borough (united with Llanelly since 1832), and county town of Carmarthenshire, and a county of itself, finely situated on the right bank of the Towy, which is here tidal and navigable for small craft.
		known as the "Black Book of Carmarthen," are visible between the present Priory Street and the river.
		Of the more recent erections in the town, mention may be made of the granite obelisk in memory of General Sir 'Thomas Picton (1758-1815) and the bronze statue of General Sir William Nott (1784-1846).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Carmarthen (488 words)

	Carmarthen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carmarthen is possibly the oldest town in Wales and was recorded by Ptolemy and in the Antonine Itinerary.
		Carmarthen hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1867, 1911 and 1974 although, at least in the case of the 1974 Eisteddfod, the Maes was at Abergwili.
		Carmarthen has a large proportion of Welsh speakers, with the county of Carmarthenshire as a whole boasting the largest population of such by number (the largest Welsh-speaking population by proportion is in Gwynedd).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carmarthen (1075 words)

	§3. Early Welsh Poetry. XII. The Arthurian Legend. Vol. 1. From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance. The ...
		It is Urien with whom “all the bards of the world find favour,” and to whom “they ever sing after his desire.” 18 Neither is Arthur known to Aneirin, who sang in his Gododin the elegy of the Kymric chieftains who met their doom at Cattraeth.
		The Black Book poem is cast in the form of a dialogue between him and Arthur.
		known as The White Book of Rhyderch, 25 where we find many remarkable archaisms which have been modernised in the version of The Red Book of Hergest; but the original form of the story is assigned, by the most competent authorities, to the tenth century.
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	Managing Information News
		The Black Book includes some of the earliest Welsh literature, including poems about battles in the Hen Ogledd (the 'Old North', roughly present-day northern England and the Scottish Borders which were, 1,500 years ago, Brythonic/Welsh-speaking).
		The collection of manuscripts which includes the Black Book of Carmarthen was bought in 1904 for the embryonic National Library of Wales for £5,500 by its founding father, Sir John Williams.
		The Black Book itself (Peniarth MS 1), which was valued at £400, comprises some 54 original parchment (animal skin) folios arranged in eight quires.
	www.managinginformation.com /news/content_show_full.php?id=1003 (315 words)

	Announcements
		Books and articles that have come to the curators' attention since 1989 are cited in separate bibliographies, which are updated regularly.
		Although the Black Book was written in about the year 1250 the poems and traditions it encompasses stretch back centuries earlier.
		The collection which includes the Black Book of Carmarthen was bought in 1904 for the embryonic National Library of Wales for £400 by its founding father, Sir John Williams.
	www.nyu.edu /projects/EBS/Announcements.html (1210 words)

	Caer Feddwyd - Articles - Booklist
		By default, the books on this list have been given the seal of approval by one or more members of Caer Feddwyd, aside from those in the Black Library section into which undesireable tomes may be banished.
		The book discusses cosmology within Irish and Brythonic myth, and then goes on to devote whole chapters to various mythological themes such as births, deaths, marriages etc. A criticism is that it is very much founded on the ideas of Georges Dumezil, whose rather simplistic view of ancient societies is now rejected by most anthropologists.
		Although this book was published recently, it is based upon lectures given in the 1930s and this is reflected in the nature of the text.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /blackbirdhollins/articles/Booklist.htm (1929 words)

	Tour Britain Accommodation and Guide - Carmarthenshire in Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Carmarthen Bay east of Tenby is an evocative shoreline closely associated with poet and writer Dylan Thomas.
		Carmarthen in the south of the region stands on the River Towy and the norman castle by the same name overlooks the town.
		The Black Book of Carmarthen, the oldest book written in welsh by monks in the abbey is now in the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.
	www.tour-britain.com /area8.html (491 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! Wales: Continued Survival
		Vergil's work was viewed as heresy to patriotic Welsh historians who felt it their duty to refute his arguments: the anglicized Italian had to be answered by such works as "Historie of Cambria," Now called Wales, published in 1584 by David Powel.
		Camden's book presented Britain within the framework of the divisions into the Celtic tribal areas, those of the Silures, the Demetai and the Ordovices, as recorded by the classical geographers.
		Through such revisions of the ancient works as those of Lhuyd and Powel, and the newer histories of Camden, the noble, wonderful tales of Geoffrey of Monmouth, concocted from his imagination as they might have been, retained their powerful hold on the Welsh consciousness.
	www.britannia.com /wales/whist11a.html (667 words)

	Black Book of Carmarthen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Black Book of Carmarthen (Welsh: Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin) is one of the earliest surviving manuscripts written entirely in Welsh.
		But most remarkable are the poems, which have as their themes stories relating to heroes of Dark Age Britain, and especially those connected with the legend of Arthur and Myrddin, also known as Merlin.
		The fl book of Carmarthen at the National Library of Wales.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Book_of_Carmarthen (199 words)

	Wales on the Web: Manuscripts and rare books
		The Black Book of Carmarthen is thought to have been written in the period around 1250, probably by a monk in a priory near Carmarthen.
		The book is currently held at the National Library of Wales and its 108 pages comprise mostly of poetry of various kinds, including religious poems, poems of praise and mourning and some relating to the legend of Myrddin.
		A collection of books that originated with the Welsh School, London, founded in 1717 by the Honourable and Loyal Society of Antient Britons, and which was eventually removed to Ashford, Middlesex in 1857.
	www.walesontheweb.org /cayw/index/en/090/all (1392 words)

	Who was the real King Arthur
		It is also true, however, that Gildas (in his book of complaints against his fellow contemporary British kings and leaders) mentions the Battle of Badon but does not state who was the British leader - a ‘sin’ he is guilty of in many of his historical allusions.
		Most of the earliest stories relating to the exploits of Arthur are found in the Red Book of Hergest, the White Book of Rhydderch and the Black Book of Carmarthen (these books were named after the colour of their bindings).
		It is a battle poem of the Votadini bard Aneirin from what are now the lowlands of Scotland, describing an epic battle against the Anglo Saxon advance into their territory at the end of the 6th century; a battle in which though they fought bravely they eventually lost.
	www.whitedragon.org.uk /articles/arthur2.htm (2672 words)

	Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire from Carm1.co.uk - The Photographic Guide to Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Carmarthen Online - Carmarthenshire is a county with a beautiful coastline, castles, hills, villages where the Welsh language thrives, market towns with well known national stores and attractive local shops, and plenty of outdoor activities.
		CastleWales.com - The castle at Carmarthen, on its rocky eminence overlooking the River Twyi, must have dominated the medieval town just as, a little way to the east, the Roman fort must have dominated the Roman town a thousand years before.
		Carmarthen Town - The castle is the focal point and facilities are being improved for visitors.
	www.carm1.co.uk /Carmarthen (356 words)

	Black Book of Carmarthen - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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	Arthurian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		- (1979-80) 'The 'Tristan' Poem in the Black Book of Carmarthen'Studia Celtica 14/15:54-65.
		- (1989-90) "The Arthurian Allusions in the Book of Aneirin" Studia Celtica 24/25: 15-25.
		-(1967) 'The Black Book of Caermarthen, Stanzas of the Graves' Proceedings of the British Acandemy.
	members.aol.com /michellezi/bibs/Arthur.html (1245 words)

	GENUKI: Carmarthen
		Places, villages, farms etc within Carmarthen as shown on the parish map on the CD of Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file].
		Carmarthen King Street deeds 1829-1937 "The properties at 17-19 King Street, Carmarthen, were held by a number of parties during the 19th century.
		Carmarthen Borough Records 1706-1980 (accumulated 1764-1974) "At the end of the 13th century, Carmarthen was the largest Welsh town with probably a population over 1,000.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/wal/CMN/Carmarthen/index.html (3355 words)

	Early Welsh Manuscripts, Part I
		Four manuscripts in particular were deemed by William Forbes Skene (1809-92) to be the "Four Ancient Books of Wales," because they contained all the Welsh bardic poetry known to still be in existence: the Black Book of Carmarthen, the Red Book of Hergest, the Book of Taliesin, and the Book of Aneurin.
		All the books metioned in the article could be found in the Internet as readable texts (photos of the manuscripts is practicaaly useless for reader), but...
		The Davies book is great--it's regarded as one of the most readable (and reliable) books on Welsh history for a general a...
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/welsh_language/108819 (624 words)

	Earthsongs: International Journal of the Society of Celtic Shamans, ISSN: 1499-0482, Volume 9, Issue 1, copyright ...
		The Black Book of Carmarthen is so called because of the colour of its binding and the name of the abbey where it is believed to have been written.
		1 Stevenson) William Forbes Skene deemed the Black Book of Carmarthen, the Red Book of Hergest, the Book of Tailiesin and the Book of Aneurin; the Four Ancient Manuscripts of Wales.
		The Ode to Cyridwen, Black Book of Carmarthen IV
	www.faeryshaman.org /es91/es91art1.htm (823 words)

	Arthurian Literature
		There is a close corresponance between the some of the texts in the Red and White Books (for example, their versions of the 'Mabinogion' and the Triads) and it is generally held that they derived independently from a lost common archetype.
		A.O.H. Jarman 'The Arthurian Allusions in the Black Book of Carmarthen' in P.B. Grout, R.A. Lodge, C.E. Pickford and E.K.C. Varty (edd.)
		'The Arthurian Allusions in the Black Book of Carmarthen' in P.B. Grout, R.A. Lodge, C.E. Pickford and E.K.C. Varty (edd.)
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~tomgreen/arthlit.htm (3844 words)

	The Stanzas of the Graves
		The earliest and most important collection is in the Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin (Black Book of Carmarthen) which contains seventy-three stanzas; sixty-nine of which were copied in the second quarter of the thirteen century and the other four (numbers 70 to 73) in the second half of the same century.
		Of the 73 stanzas in the Black Book, only three (8, 12 and 44) mention well-known Arthurian characters and of these the most important is st. 44 which names Arthur himself:
		Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin, The Black Book of Carmarthen, at:
	www.vortigernstudies.org.uk /artsou/stanzas.htm (295 words)

	Black Book
		Book of Carmarthen together with the rest of the Peniarth collection of manuscripts is now housed among the Special Collections of the National...
		Book of Polish Censorship (Czarna ksiega cenzury PRL) consists of...
		Book revealed for the first time to a wider audience the...
	www.netactics.co.uk /black_book.html (333 words)

	BBC - South West Wales - Useful Links - Carmarthen
		So-called because of its association with the Priory of St. John the Evangelist and Teulyddog at Carmarthen, and because the colour of its binding, the book is regarded to be the earliest surviving manuscript written in Welsh.
		The book contains a collection of poetry of various types, with the most remarkable being those with themes and stories concerning the heroes of Dark Age Britain, and especially those connected with the legends of Arthur and Myrddin.
		Carmarthen castle, still partially intact, once dominated the local skyline, and is central to the town's rich history.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/southwest/webguide/pages/carmarthen.shtml (1006 words)

	Griffen, Literary Assumptions PIPA Volume 2 (1999)
		Although it dates only from about the thirteenth century, the Black Book of Carmarthen is nonetheless generally regarded as the oldest manuscript in the Welsh language.
		The original composition is, of course, considerably older than the manuscript, dating probably from the late Old Welsh to the early Middle Welsh periods between the tenth and eleventh centuries.
		Nearly all of the book consists of poetry, mostly in the form of religious, vaticinatory, panegyric (elegiac), and legendary poetry, including englynion.
	www.eiu.edu /~ipaweb/pipa/volume2/griffen.htm (2721 words)

	Black book - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Black Book, a compilation of documentary reports about the actions of Nazis against Jews in Eastern Europe during World War II The Black Book, the list of people to be arrested by the Gestapo following a planned Nazi invasion of Britain in the Second World War
		Black book, a revision of a technical paper named according to common practice after the color of its cover page.
		Black Book of Carmarthen, one of the earliest surviving manuscripts written entirely in Welsh
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_book (281 words)

	Medieval Celtic Manuscripts
		Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) is a joint project of the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, and the School of Computer Applications, Dublin City University, in partnership with Trinity College Library, Dublin, and funded by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and the DCU Educational Trust.
		The collection includes The Book of Leinster at Trinity College, Dublin, here, and the Book of the Dun Cow, Lebor na Huidre from the Royal Irish Academy, here.
		Amid the Latin text and the Celtic illuminations the 84 folios of the Book of Deer contain the oldest written Gaelic text in manuscript form from early Medieval Scotland.
	www.digitalmedievalist.com /urls/celtmss.html (641 words)

	Avalon
		In the Black Book of Carmarthen, one of the ancient Welsh books on which Geoffrey of Monmouth very likely based much of his History, it is said that Arthur’s tomb was secretly located in Avalon.
		Using the assumption that Glastonbury is the likely location, one of the most intriguing ideas arises from the strong sense of ancient paganism tied to the area.
		In the Book of Taliesin, the poem The Spoils of Annwn tells how Arthur and his knights descend into Annwn, the Celtic Otherworld, to steal a mystic cauldron of inspiration and plenty.
	www.bardsongpress.com /avalon.htm (955 words)

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		The Black Book of Carmarthen (Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin) Currently housed at the National Library in Wales, the Black Book of Carmarthen (Peniarth MS 1) is a manuscript dating to the middle of the thirteenth century.
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