BLEDDYN DDU (c. 1200), poet
Name: Bleddyn Ddu
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Nansi Ceridwen Jones
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Nansi Ceridwen Jones
Two of his poems are preserved in the ' Red Book of Hergest ' - to God, and to the abbot of Aberconway.
Author
- Nansi Ceridwen Jones
- Jes. Coll. MS. at the Bodleian Library, Oxford 1 (1249, 1253, 1284)
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 4973B: Y Gogynfeirdd, &c., 264, 268
- NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 118: Llyfr Dr John David Rhys, 137, 143
- Additional Manuscript in the British Museum 15001
- Robert Williams, Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen (1852)
- H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
- 'Gweirydd ap Rhys', Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig, 1300–1650 (1885)
- Moses Williams, 'Poematum Wallicorum'
Sources
- Wikipedia Article: Bleddyn Ddu
Further Reading
- Wikidata: Q18535469
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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