Book of Taliesin | |
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Aberystwyth, NLW, Peniarth MS 2 | |
Also known as | Llyfr Taliesin |
Date | First half of the 14th century |
Language(s) | Welsh |
Size | 38 folios |
Contents | Some 60 Welsh poems |
The Book of Taliesin (Welsh: Llyfr Taliesin) is one of the most famous of Middle Welsh manuscripts, dating from the first half of the 14th century though many of the fifty-six poems it preserves are taken to originate in the 10th century or before.
The volume contains some of the oldest poems in Welsh, possibly but not certainly dating back to the sixth century and to a real poet called Taliesin.