Iolo Manuscripts
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| Author | Iolo Morganwg (edited by Taliesin Williams) |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Welsh Bardic and Druidic beliefs |
| Publisher | W. Rees, Longman & Co., Welsh Manuscripts Society |
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Publication date
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1848 |
| Media type | print (hardback) |
| Pages | 712pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-1-143-60632-8 |
The Iolo Manuscripts are a collection of manuscripts compiled into a Welsh Bardic and Druidic theology book written by Iolo Morganwg, edited by Taliesin Williams and published in 1848. The book is subtitled "A selection of ancient Welsh manuscripts, in prose and verse, from the collection made by the late Edward Williams, Iolo Morganwg, for the purpose of forming a continuation of the Myfyrian archaeology; and subsequently proposed as materials for a new History of Wales: with English translations and notes".[1][2][3][4] The discussion regarding the authenticity of some of the manuscripts is ongoing and the subject of study at the University of Wales. John Michell remarked in 1984 that "The controversy about which of them (Iolo’s manuscripts) are genuinely ancient and which are of Iolo’s writing is still brewing…".[5][6]
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