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Coelbren y Beirdd

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The Coelbren y Beirdd (English: "Bards' alphabet") is a runic alphabet system created in the late eighteenth century by the literary forger Edward Williams, best known as Iolo Morganwg. [1]

21 relations: Alphabet, Ancient Greece, Bard, Barddas, Druid, Druidic alphabet, Edward Dafydd, Glamorgan, Iolo Morganwg, John Bradford, Lewys Morgannwg, Literary forgery, Llywelyn Siôn, Margam Abbey, Meurig Dafydd, Neath Abbey, Ogham, Pamphlet, Raglan Library, Runes, Taliesin Williams.

Alphabet

An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or graphemes) that is used to write one or more languages based upon the general principle that the letters represent phonemes (basic significant sounds) of the spoken language.

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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 13th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (AD 600).

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Bard

In medieval Gaelic and British culture, a bard was a professional story teller, verse-maker and music composer, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or noble), to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.

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Barddas

Barddas is a book of material compiled and written by the Welsh writer and literary forger Iolo Morganwg.

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Druid

A druid (derwydd; druí; draoidh) was a member of the high-ranking professional class in ancient Celtic cultures.

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Druidic alphabet

The Druidic alphabet (druid alphabet) is a supposedly ancient writing system believed by some neopagans to stem from the pagan culture of the Druids.

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Edward Dafydd

Edward Dafydd (died 1690), also known as Edward David, was a 17th-century Welsh poet from Margam, Glamorganshire.

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Glamorgan

Glamorgan, or sometimes Glamorganshire, (Morgannwg or Sir Forgannwg) is one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales and a former administrative county of Wales.

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Iolo Morganwg

Edward Williams, better known by his bardic name Iolo Morganwg (10 March 1747 – 18 December 1826), was an influential Welsh antiquarian, poet, collector, and literary forger.

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John Bradford

John Bradford (1510–1555) was an English Reformer, prebendary of St. Paul's, and martyr.

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Lewys Morgannwg

Lewys Morgannwg (fl. 1520–65) was a Welsh language poet from Morgannwg, south Wales.

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Literary forgery

Literary forgery (also known as literary mystification, literary fraud or literary hoax) is writing, such as a manuscript or a literary work, which is either deliberately misattributed to a historical or invented author, or is a purported memoir or other presumably nonfictional writing deceptively presented as true when, in fact, it presents untrue or imaginary information.

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Llywelyn Siôn

Llywelyn Siôn (1540 – c.1615) was a Welsh language poet.

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Margam Abbey

Margam Abbey (Abaty Margam) was a Cistercian monastery, located in the village of Margam, a suburb of modern Port Talbot in Wales.

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Meurig Dafydd

Meurig Dafydd (–95) was a Welsh bard, genealogist and historian, at one time one of the leading literary figures in Glamorgan.

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Neath Abbey

Neath Abbey (Abaty Nedd) was a Cistercian monastery, located near the present-day town of Neath in South Wales, UK.

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Ogham

Ogham (Modern Irish or; ogam) is an Early Medieval alphabet used to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 1st to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language (scholastic ogham, 6th to 9th centuries).

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Pamphlet

A pamphlet is an unbound booklet (that is, without a hard cover or binding).

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Raglan Library

Raglan Library was a library located in Raglan Castle in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales.

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Runes

Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets, which were used to write various Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet and for specialised purposes thereafter.

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Taliesin Williams

Taliesin Williams (bardic name Taliesin ab Iolo or Ab Iolo; 9 July 1787 – 16 February 1847) was a Welsh poet and author, and son of notable literary forger Iolo Morganwg.

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Bardic alphabet, Coelbren (alphabet).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelbren_y_Beirdd

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