Primary Sources Recommended for Study

The following reading list has been complied to offer current students on the Tripos with the primary sources for the Part I study of:

Part I Paper 7 - Medieval Welsh language and literature

Paper co-ordinator: Dr Ben Guy

Poetry

• Y Gododdin: ed. I. Williams, Canu Aneirin (Cardiff, 1938);
  tr. K.H. Jackson, The Gododdin: the Oldest Scottish Poem (Edinburgh, 1969);
  or ed. & tr. A.O.H. Jarman, Aneirin (Llandysul, 1988);
  or ed. & tr. J.T. Koch, The Gododdin of Aneirin (Cardiff, 1997);
  or Gododdin, the Earliest British Literature, trans. Gwyn Thomas (pb. Gomer)
• Llywarch Hen: ed. I. Williams, Canu Llywarch Hen (Cardiff, 1935);
  tr. J. Rowland, Early Welsh Saga Poetry: a Study and Edition of the 'Englynion' (Cambridge, 1990);
  or tr. P.K. Ford, The Poetry of Llywarch Hen (Berkeley, CA, 1974).
• Taliesin: edd. I. Willliams & J. E. C. Williams, The Poems of Taliesin (Dublin, 1968);
  tr. J.P. Clancy, The Earliest Welsh Poetry (London, 1970), 23-32;
  or M. Pennar, Taliesin Poems (Felinfach, 1988).
• Armes Prydein Vawr: edd. & tr. I. Williams & R. Bromwich, Armes Prydein (Dublin, 1972).
• The Gogynfeirdd:
  Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd: ed. K.A. Bramley, Gwaith Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd, Cyfres Beirdd y Tywysogion, II (Cardiff, 1994), 101-88;
  tr. (sel.) J.P. Clancy, The Earliest Welsh Poetry (London, 1970), 129-34;
  or tr. (sel.) T. Conran, Welsh Verse, 145-8.
• Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr: edd. N. A. Jones & A. Parry Owen, Gwaith Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, Cyfres Beirdd y Tywysogion, III-IV (Cardiff, 1991-5);
  tr. (sel.) J.P. Clancy, The Earliest Welsh Poetry (London, 1970), 135-51;
  or tr. (sel.) T. Conran, Welsh Verse, 152-5.
• Dafydd ap Gwilym: ed. & tr. R. Bromwich, Dafydd ap Gwilym: a Selection of Poems (Llandysul, 1982);
  or tr. R. Loomis, Dafydd ap Gwilym: the Poems (Binghamton, NY, 1982).

Triads

• R. Bromwich (ed. & tr.), Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Welsh Triads, 2nd edn (Cardiff, 1978).

Prose

• Culhwch ac Olwen: ed. R. Bromwich & D. S. Evans, Culhwch and Olwen (Cardiff, 1992);
  tr. G. Jones & T. Jones, The Mabinogion (London, 1949), 95-136;
  or J. Gantz, The Mabinogion (Harmondsworth, 1976), 134-76.
• The Four Branches of the Mabinogi: ed. I. Williams, Pedeir Keinc y Mabinogi (Cardiff, 1930);
  tr. G. Jones & T. Jones, The Mabinogion (London, 1949), 3-75;
  or J. Gantz, The Mabinogion (Harmondsworth, 1976), 47-117;
  or S. Davies, The Mabinogion (Oxford 2007), 3-64.
• Pwyll: ed. D. S. Thomson, Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet (Dublin, 1957);
  tr. Jones & Jones, Mabinogion, 3-24;
  or Gantz, Mabinogion, 47-65;
  or Davies, The Mabinogion, 1-21.
• Branwen: ed. D.S. Thomson, Branwen uerch Lyr (Dublin, 1961);
  tr. Jones & Jones, Mabinogion, 25-40;
  or Gantz, Mabinogion, 66-82;
  or Davies, The Mabinogion, 22-34.
• Manawydan, tr. Jones & Jones, Mabinogion, 41-54;
  or Gantz, Mabinogion, 83-96;
  or Davies, The Mabinogion, 35-46.
• Math: ed. I. Hughes, Math uab Mathonwy (Dublin, 2013);
  tr. Jones & Jones, Mabinogion, 55-75;
  or Gantz, Mabinogion, 97-117;
  or Davies, The Mabinogion, 47-64.
• Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys: ed. B. F. Roberts, Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys (Dublin, 1975);
  tr. Jones & Jones, Mabinogion, 89-94;
  or Gantz, Mabinogion, 128-33;
  or Davies, The Mabinogion, 111-15.
• The Dream of Macsen: ed. I. Williams, Breuddwyd Macsen (Bangor, 1928);
  ed. B. F. Roberts (Dublin, 2005).
  tr. Jones & Jones, Mabinogion, 79-88;
  or Gantz, Mabinogion, 118-27;
  or Davies, The Mabinogion, 103-10.
• The Dream of Rhonabwy: ed. M. Richards, Breudwyt Ronabwy (Cardiff, 1948);
  tr. Jones & Jones, Mabinogion, 137-52;
  or Gantz, Mabinogion, 177-91;
  or Davies, The Mabinogion, 214-26.
• Owain: ed. R. L . Thomson, Owein or Chwedyl Iarlles y Ffynnawn (Dublin, 1975);
  tr. Jones & Jones, Mabinogion, 155-82;
  or Gantz, Mabinogion, 192-216;
  or Davies, The Mabinogion, 116-38.
• Peredur: ed. G. Goetinck, Historia Peredur vab Efrawc (Cardiff, 1976);
  tr. Jones & Jones, Mabinogion, 183-227;
  or Gantz, Mabinogion, 217-57;
  or Davies, The Mabinogion, 65-102.
• Geraint: ed. R.L. Thomson, Ystorya Gereint uab Erbin (Dublin, 1997);
  tr. Jones & Jones, Mabinogion, 229-73;
  or Gantz, Mabinogion, 258-97;
  or Davies, The Mabinogion, 139-78.
• Buchedd Beuno: ed. A. W. Wade-Evans, Vitae Sanctorum Britanniae et Genealogiae (Cardiff, 1944), 16-22;
  tr. A.W. Wade-Evans, Archaeologia Cambrensis 85 (1930) 315-41.