"A Superb new book ... as unique and .delightful as any eisteddfod chair"
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"Richard Bebb and Sioned Williams have creted not just a unique book on the subject, but also a fascinating read."
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"This is a beautifully presented and well-illustrated book which makes a significant contribution to the material and social history of Wales. The authors have managed to balance clarity and an overview for the non-specialist, with sufficient scholarship and rigour to make a significant contribution to academic research in this field.
Mi wnewch chi fwynhau
darllen
y llyfr hwn.
Peter Collins
Regional Furniture Society Newsletter
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Amgueddfa Cymru
National
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Llyfrgell
Genedlaethol Cymru The National Library of Wales |
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Financial assistance provided by / Cafwyd cymorth ariannol gan |
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CASTELL HOWELL FOODS
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FWYDYDD CASTELL HOWELL
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EDITOR : SERRETTA BEBB
DESIGN AND TYPESETTING : ALLISON HURREN
Mae Y
Gadair Farddol yn cynnwys darluniau lliw
gydag enghreifftiau o bob rhan o Gymru, yn ogystal â
ffotograffau o grefftwyr a beirdd. Adroddir hanes y cadeiriau hynod
yma yn eu cyd-destun hanesyddol a diwylliannol o'r cofnod cyntaf hyd heddiw. |
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Bardic Chair is profusely illustrated in
colour and arranged chronologically with examples from all parts of
Wales, and includes photographs of both craftsmen and poets. The
bilingual text illuminates the historical context in which these
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The authors Richard Bebb and Sioned Williams at the book signing for
THE BARDIC CHAIR : Y GADIAR FARDDOL
at Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Blaenau Gwent 2010
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Sioned Williams at
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Blaenau Gwent 2010
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Mae'r cadeiriau barddol a ddyfernir i’r bardd buddugol mewn eisteddfod yn wrthrychau diwylliannol arbennig, yn wreiddiol ac yn unigryw i Gymru. Yn y cyhoeddiad cyntaf ar y pwnc, olrheinir datblygiad y cadeiriau hyn gan brif haneswyr dodrefn Cymru o’r llys canoloesol, trwy oes aur y 1890au hyd y 1930au, ac i’r ganrif bresennol. Ceir disgrifiadau manwl o’r crefftwaith a’r addurn symbolaidd ar y cadeiriau ynghyd â hanesion y gwneuthurwyr a’r buddugwyr. Mae’r llyfr llawn delweddau gwych yn ffenestr i hanes yr eisteddfod ei hun, ar lefel lleol a chenedlaethol, a bydd yn apelio at ddarllenwyr cyffredin ac arbenigwyr fel ei gilydd. |
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Awarded to the winning poet at an eisteddfod, bardic chairs are remarkable cultural artefacts, the origins of which are unique to Wales. In the first book to be published on the subject, Wales’s leading furniture historians chart these chairs’ development from the medieval court, through their heyday from the 1890s to 1930s, and into the present century. They are illuminated with detailed descriptions of their craftsmanship and symbolic ornament, and supplemented by accounts of both makers and winners. This superbly illustrated book provides a window into the history of the eisteddfod itself, at local and national levels, and will appeal to both the general reader and specialist alike.
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Bob Pugh of Pontcanna kindly took a copy of the book The Bardic Chair : Y Gadair Farddol to Patagonia to present to Gaiman Musuem. The photographs show the curator, sitting in the chair presented at Trelew in 1921, which is featured in the book.
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“Haedda Y Gadair Farddol gywydd
mawl clasurol yn deyrnged i barhau
… cawsom drysor o lyfr.”
“The Bardic Chair merits the lasting
tribute of a classical Welsh praise poem … we have been given a book to treasure.”
Hywel Teifi Edwards
RHAGAIR gan
Hywel Teifi Edwards
FOREWORD by
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