Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain

676 Pages·2015·8.285 MB·English

by  Rachel Bromwich

TRIOEDD YNYS PRYDEIN
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TRIOEDD YNYS PRYDEIN
THE TRIADS OF
THE ISLAND OF BRITAIN
Edited with
Introduction, Translation and Commentary
by
RACHEL BROMWICH
FirstEdition,1961
SecondEdition,1978
ThirdEdition,2006
FourthEdition,2014
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CONTENTS
PREFACE ix
INTRODUCTION:
I. MANUSCRIPTSANDVERSIONS xi
II.ORIGINANDDEVELOPMENTOFTRIOEDDYNYS
PRYDEIN liii
TrioeddYnysPrydeinandBardicInstruction lviii
TrioeddYnysPrydeinandtheChwedlau lxix
TrioeddyMeirch lxxx
AntiquityandProvenance lxxxvii
THEAPPENDICES c
TRIOEDDYNYSPRYDEIN:
TEXT,TRANSLATIONANDNOTES 1
APPENDIXI. EnweuYnysPrydein:
TheNamesof theIslandof Britain 246
APPENDIXII. BoneddGwyˆryGogledd:
TheDescentof theMenof theNorth 256
APPENDIXIII. TriThlwsarDdegYnysPrydein:
TheThirteenTreasuresof theIslandof Britain 258
APPENDIXIV. PedwarMarchogarHugainLlysArthur:
TheTwenty-fourKnightsof Arthur’sCourt 266
NOTESTOPERSONALNAMES 271
ABBREVIATIONS 517
SELECTBIBLIOGRAPHY 522
INDEX 534
INDEXTOPLACES 534
INDEXTOTRIOEDDYMEIRCH 536
GENERALINDEX 537
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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PREFACE
Theoriginaleditionof TrioeddYnysPrydein,whichappearedin1961,isthe
essentialcoreof allthesubsequenteditions.Inthesecondeditionof 1978,a
series of additions and revisions were added to the text at the end of the
volume. In the third edition of 2006, these and subsequent additions and
revisionstothevolumewereincorporatedintothetextratherthanleftatthe
end.Anewtriad(97)wasaddedtothecorpusandtheorthographyof the
textof thetriadsamendedtotheoriginalmanuscriptreadingsinthelightof
the critique published by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson in Welsh History
Review,SpecialNumber(1963),82–7.TheIntroduction,TextualNotesand
NotesonPersonalNameswererevisedandaugmented.ThefifthAppendix
of theearlierversions,‘NorthWelshGenealogicalTriads’,wasomitted.An
attempt was made to incorporate references to relevant works published
before2000,especiallytothevolumesof thetwoseries,BeirddyTywysogion
and Beirdd yr Uchelwyr, published by the Centre for Advanced Welsh and
Celtic Studies to date, and were incorporated in the Notes. This reprint of
TrioeddYnysPrydeinremainslargelyunchangedfromtheeditionof 2006.
SomeminorcorrectionshavebeenaddedbyProfessorDafyddJohnston.
Dr Bromwich, who died in December 2010, had worked on the third
editionformanyyearsbutwasunabletosupervisethepreparationof the
volume in its final stages. Close friends who were in contact with Dr
Bromwich, however, were at hand to undertake the tasks necessary. They
included Dr Dafydd Evans who did stalwart work in editing a hundred
pages of notes, Dr Brynley F. Roberts, Professor Marged Haycock, Mr
GeraldMorganandDrIestynDaniel.MrsSusanJenkinsandDrDafydd
Jonesof theUniversityof WalesPresswentfarbeyondthecallof dutyin
seeingthesometimesdifficultmanuscriptthroughthepress.Carewastaken
tocomplywithwhatwereconsideredtheintentionsofDrBromwich,sothat
thisvolumeinitsentiretymustbeconsideredtobeessentiallyherwork.Dr
Bromwich’ssonBrianandhisfamilyhavesupportedthewholeenterprise.
Finally, it has been my privilege to be on hand when need arose and to
writethePreface:Disgyblwyf,hia’mdysgawdd.
MorfyddE.Owen
Bryneithin,Llanfarian,2014
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