Medieval History
Exciting news from the National Library of Wales, where ASNC doctoral student Myriah Williams, and her supervisor Professor Paul Russell, have been working a thirteenth-century manuscript, the Black Book of Carmarthen. By scanning the manuscript with ultraviolet light, they have revealed that its sixteenth-century custodian may have erased one or two things. The great hope is that, by using photo editing software, some of the 'vanished' text may still be recovered. For more information, read the this post on the National Library of Wales website.
- Further Developments In The Black Book Of Carmarthen Research
Myriah Williams writes Interest generated in research on the Black Book of Carmarthen (NLW MS Peniarth 1) resulted last week in an international collaboration between Dr Gregory Heyworth, director of The Lazarus Project, the National Library of Wales...
- Out Of The Margins And Into The Media
Waiting to be interviewed on BBC Radio Wales. Myriah Williams writes: The last link I added to my list was on the 25thof May. It was to a Wordpress blog which had been published on the 19th of that month, nearly seven weeks after Paul Russell...
- Congratulations
Congratulations to Dr Paul Russell (soon to be Prof. Paul Russell) who has been promoted to a personal Chair of Celtic in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, and to Dr Rosalind Love, who has been promoted to a Readership, from 1st October...
- Medieval £540k Manuscript The Laws Of Hywel Dda Goes On Display
One of the first medieval manuscripts to be written in Welsh will go on display for the first time in more than 200 years. The 14th Century pocket book, The Laws of Hywel Dda, was bought at auction by the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, for £541,250...
- National Library Of Wales Creates Website For 15th Century Manuscript
A colourful medieval manuscript that depicts the story of Alexander the Great is now available online from the National Library of Wales?s website. Peniarth 481D, one of the most elaborately decorated medieval manuscripts in the Library, has survived...
Medieval History
Undiscovered poems in the Black Book of Carmarthen?
Exciting news from the National Library of Wales, where ASNC doctoral student Myriah Williams, and her supervisor Professor Paul Russell, have been working a thirteenth-century manuscript, the Black Book of Carmarthen. By scanning the manuscript with ultraviolet light, they have revealed that its sixteenth-century custodian may have erased one or two things. The great hope is that, by using photo editing software, some of the 'vanished' text may still be recovered. For more information, read the this post on the National Library of Wales website.
- Further Developments In The Black Book Of Carmarthen Research
Myriah Williams writes Interest generated in research on the Black Book of Carmarthen (NLW MS Peniarth 1) resulted last week in an international collaboration between Dr Gregory Heyworth, director of The Lazarus Project, the National Library of Wales...
- Out Of The Margins And Into The Media
Waiting to be interviewed on BBC Radio Wales. Myriah Williams writes: The last link I added to my list was on the 25thof May. It was to a Wordpress blog which had been published on the 19th of that month, nearly seven weeks after Paul Russell...
- Congratulations
Congratulations to Dr Paul Russell (soon to be Prof. Paul Russell) who has been promoted to a personal Chair of Celtic in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, and to Dr Rosalind Love, who has been promoted to a Readership, from 1st October...
- Medieval £540k Manuscript The Laws Of Hywel Dda Goes On Display
One of the first medieval manuscripts to be written in Welsh will go on display for the first time in more than 200 years. The 14th Century pocket book, The Laws of Hywel Dda, was bought at auction by the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, for £541,250...
- National Library Of Wales Creates Website For 15th Century Manuscript
A colourful medieval manuscript that depicts the story of Alexander the Great is now available online from the National Library of Wales?s website. Peniarth 481D, one of the most elaborately decorated medieval manuscripts in the Library, has survived...