Texts

Poem attributed to the legendary poet Taliesin.

Manuscript witnesses

Text
Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 2 
incipit: [...g]an iewyd gan elestron   The first portion is missing.
f. 1r  p. 3 (lines 1-12)  
MS
Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 2 
incipit: [g]an iewyd gan elestron   Poem attributed to Taliesin. The first portion is missing, but a version of the text can be supplied from a copy in the Red Book of Hergest.
p. 3 (1r).1–p. 3 (1r).12
Text
Oxford, Jesus College, MS 111 
incipit: Prif gyuarch geluyd pan ryleat   
col. 1054  
MS
Oxford, Jesus College, MS 111 
incipit: Prif gyuarch geluyd panryleat   
f. 262va–f. 262vb.14 = col. 1054–col. 1055

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] Haycock, Marged [ed. and tr.], Legendary poems from the Book of Taliesin, Aberystwyth: CMCS Publications, 2007.
49 ff [‘1. Prif gyuarch geluyd’]
[ed.] Evans, J. Gwenogvryn [ed.], Facsimile & text of the Book of Taliesin, 2 vols, Series of Old Welsh Texts, 9, Llanbedrog, 1910.
Internet Archive – vol. 1: <link>, <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link>, <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link>
2–3 Diplomatic edition