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WELSH STUDIES: LITERATURE, 1500-1800

WELSH STUDIES: LITERATURE, 1500-1800 Welsh Studies LITERATURE, 1500-1800 By NESTA LLOYD, Lecturer in Welsh in the University College of Swansea In Rhagymadroddion a Chyjiwyniadau Lladin 1551-1632, Cardiff, Univ. of Wales Press, xi + 197 pp., Ceri Davies translates from Latin the introductions and dedicatory epistles prefaced by eight Renaissance scholars to their various works. The Latin original of the dedication of De Italica Pronunciatione ... Libellus, Sian Dafydd Rhys is included as an appendix. The introduction notes the threefold obsession of Welsh Renaissance writers­ the translation of the Scriptures, the defence of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia, and the need to study Welsh grammar and lexicography. The felicity with which these Welshmen wrote Latin and their skill in constructing Ciceronian prose is stressed. The notes are lucid and comprehensive and there is a useful Index Nominum. Osian Ellis, Hanesy Delynyng Nghymru: The Story of the Harp in Wales, Cardiff, Univ. of Wales Press, 91 pp., covers the whole history of the harp, but some of the most interesting, if difficult, evidence dates from the 17th century, in particular Robert ap Huw's MS (1613), now in the British Library. Ellis brings his technical skills to bear on deciphering ap Huw's MS and concludes that the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies Brill

WELSH STUDIES: LITERATURE, 1500-1800

LLOYD, NESTA
The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies , Volume 42 (1): 5 – Mar 13, 1981
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Welsh Studies LITERATURE, 1500-1800 By NESTA LLOYD, Lecturer in Welsh in the University College of Swansea In Rhagymadroddion a Chyjiwyniadau Lladin 1551-1632, Cardiff, Univ. of Wales Press, xi + 197 pp., Ceri Davies translates from Latin the introductions and dedicatory epistles prefaced by eight Renaissance scholars to their various works. The Latin original of the dedication of De Italica Pronunciatione ... Libellus, Sian Dafydd Rhys is included as an appendix. The introduction notes the threefold obsession of Welsh Renaissance writers­ the translation of the Scriptures, the defence of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia, and the need to study Welsh grammar and lexicography. The felicity with which these Welshmen wrote Latin and their skill in constructing Ciceronian prose is stressed. The notes are lucid and comprehensive and there is a useful Index Nominum. Osian Ellis, Hanesy Delynyng Nghymru: The Story of the Harp in Wales, Cardiff, Univ. of Wales Press, 91 pp., covers the whole history of the harp, but some of the most interesting, if difficult, evidence dates from the 17th century, in particular Robert ap Huw's MS (1613), now in the British Library. Ellis brings his technical skills to bear on deciphering ap Huw's MS and concludes that the

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