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The Black Book of Basingwerk ( cy, Llyfr Du Basing) is an National Library of Wales
It is mostly the work of the Welsh poet and scribe
The Black Book of Basingwerk ( cy, Llyfr Du Basing) is an illuminated manuscript
An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is often supplemented with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations. Often used in the Roman Catholic Church for prayers, liturgical services and psalms, the ...
in the National Library of Wales
The National Library of Wales ( cy, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru), Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales and is one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies. It is the biggest library in Wales, holding over 6.5 million boo ...
(NLW MS 7006D) containing, among other texts, a Welsh translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's ''Historia Regum Britanniae
''Historia regum Britanniae'' (''The History of the Kings of Britain''), originally called ''De gestis Britonum'' (''On the Deeds of the Britons''), is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written around 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. I ...
''.It is mostly the work of the Welsh poet and scribe
Gutun Owain
Gutun Owain ( fl. 1456–1497) was a poet in the Welsh language. He was born near Oswestry in what is now north Shropshire and was a student of Dafydd ab Edmwnd.
Gutun Owain was closely associated with the Cistercian abbey of Valle Crucis where ...
(fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
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
The ''Form of Preaching'' is a 14th-century style book or manual about a preaching style known as the "thematic sermon", or "university-style sermon", by Robert of Basevorn. Basevorn's text was not the first book about this topic to appear but was ...
'', 14th-century-style book or manual about a preaching style
References
Illuminated manuscripts of Welsh origin Welsh manuscripts 15th-century illuminated manuscripts {{Manuscript-stub