Black Book of Basingwerk [SEP] collection
Black Book of Basingwerk
The Black Book of Basingwerk () is an illuminated manuscript in the National Library of Wales (NLW MS 7006D) containing, among other texts, a Welsh translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's "Historia Regum Britanniae". It is mostly the work of the Welsh poet and scribe Gutun Owain (fl. 1460–1500). The illumination is limited to three decorated initials, and two marginal drawings now barely visible to the naked eye.
See also.
- "The Form of Preaching",
NLW MS 7007), and pedigrees relating to the Griffith family and other North Wales families. They became the property of the National Library in 1933 but had been a deposit in the library since 1910.
The Black Book of Basingwerk is a Welsh language text of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s "Historia Regum Britanniae", the latter section was written by Gutun Owain, who was associated with Basingwerk Abbey, in the fifteenth century.
Verney Music Manuscripts (NLW MSS 10918-30).
The Verney Music Manuscript Collection