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Cultivate and care for the nation’s memory

Delivering the work The Dorothy Bonarjee Archive The National Library recently received a manuscript containingpoems by an Indian poet called Dorothy Noel ‘Dorf’ Bonarjee (1894–1983). She was…  

Delivering the Strategic Plan

60 000 works of art 2 134 000 meters of film 1 500 000 maps 950 000 photographs 150 000 hours of sound 6 000 000 books and newspapers 40 000 manuscripts 1 900 cubic meters of…  

The Black Book of Carmarthen

Reference: Peniarth MS 1 It is believed to be the earliest surviving complete manuscript written in the Welsh language. The Black Book of Carmarthen is now thought, by modern scholars, to be…  

Chronicle of the Princes

Reference: Peniarth MS 20 The Peniarth 20 manuscript includes several different texts, Y Bibl Ynghymraec, Brut y Tywysogion, Myrddin a Gwenddydd and Gramadeg Barddal. [iframe…  

The Great Easton Missal

This illuminated missal from the mid-15th century would have been used as part of the divine service before the Protestant Reformation. [iframe…  

Book of Taliesin

Reference: Peniarth MS 2 The Book of Taliesin (Peniarth MS 2), dating from the first half of the fourteenth century, is one of the most famous Welsh manuscripts. [iframe…  

Hendregadredd Manuscript

Reference: NLW MS 6680B The discovery of this manuscript in 1910 revolutionised the study of mediaeval Welsh poetry. The content of the Hendregadredd manuscript The Hendregadredd Manuscript is…  

Access to the electronic Legal Deposit collection

Access to the electronic Legal Deposit collection The National Library of Wales’ electronic Legal Deposit collection is a shared endeavour with the other UK Legal Deposit Libraries. The National…  

dar-awg-lauramcallister-2023.pdf

Synnwyr nid swnian: ffordd ymlaen i Gymru well Reason not rancour: a route to a better Wales Darlith yr Archif Wleidyddol Gymreig 22 Tachwedd 2023: Synnwyr nid swnian: ffordd ymlaen i Gymru well Yr Athro Laura McAllister The Welsh Political Archive Annual Lecture 22 November 2023: Reason…  

Consitutional change essential to create route to a better Wales, argues Professor Laura McAllister

Consitutional change essential to create route to a better Wales, argues Professor Laura McAllister This was one of the key messages on Wednesday the 22nd of November as Professor Laura McAllister…  

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