Rhennir fan hyn ychydig o'm hymchwil i farddoniaeth Huw Morys, y mwyaf o feirdd yr ail ganrif ar bymtheg. Gwaith ar y gweill yw'r rhan fwyaf ohono, a'r nod yn y pen draw yw llunio golygiad o holl waith y bardd. Am y tro, mae croeso ichi bori'r hyn sydd ar y wefan a chysylltu i wybod mwy.
I've shared here some of my research into the poetry of Huw Morys, the greatest Welsh poet of the seventeenth century. Most of it is a work in progress, and the ultimate aim is to produce a complete critical edition of his work. For now, feel free to browse what's on the website and get in touch to find out more.
2022
1. fideo: carolau haf Huw a'i gyfoeswyr
2. dathlu 400 mlwyddiant geni Huw
3. carol nadolig
4. erthygl ar garolau haf yr ail ganrif ar bymtheg yn 'llên cymru'
1. fideo: carolau haf Huw a'i gyfoeswyr
2. dathlu 400 mlwyddiant geni Huw
3. carol nadolig
4. erthygl ar garolau haf yr ail ganrif ar bymtheg yn 'llên cymru'
1. Carolau haf Huw Morys a'i gyfoeswyr
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Seminar yng nghyfres Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru, lle cyflwynir ychydig o'm hymchwil i garolau haf Huw Morys a'i gyfoeswyr. Cyhoeddwyd ffrwyth yr ymchwil maes o law mewn erthygl yn Llên Cymru ac ar ffurf casgliad o garolau haf, gw. isod.
A seminar for the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, in which I present some of my research into the summer carols of Huw Morys and his contemporaries. The fruit of the research was later published in an article in Llên Cymru and in the form of a collection of summer carols, see below. |
2. Dathlu pedwar canmlwyddiant geni Huw Morys (Mai 2022)
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Mae rhaglen y dathliadau – a gynhaliwyd yn Nyffryn Ceiriog a Llansilin fis Mai 2022 – yn cynnwys golygiadau syml o garolau haf Huw a rhai cerddi eraill ganddo.
A weekend programme to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of Huw's birth in 2022, including a number of his May carols. Events were held in both the Ceiriog Valley and in Llansilin. |
3. Carol Nadolig, cylchgrawn Barddas, Nadolig 2022
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Dyma erthygl a gyhoeddwyd yn y Barddas Bach, rhifyn y Nadolig o gylchgrawn y Gymdeithas Gerdd Dafod – mae'r rhifyn cyfan ar gael drwy glicio ar y botwm isod – lle ceir golygiad o garol Nadolig gan Huw Morys. Ni chyhoeddwyd y gerdd erioed, un o ddyrnaid o garolau Nadolig sydd wrth enw Huw.
This is an article published in Barddas Bach, the Christmas edition of the popular poetry magazine – the whole edition is available online, see above – including an edition of a Christmas carol by Huw Morys. The poem, one of a handful of Christmas carols by Huw, has never been published before.
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4. Erthygl ar garolau haf yr ail ganrif ar bymtheg, Llên Cymru, 2022
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Astudiaeth fanwl o garolau haf yr ail ganrif ar bymtheg o dan saith pennawd: y traddodiad llawysgrifol a llyfryddol a'u diogelodd; amgylchiadau eu canu; y cyfeiriadau a geir ynddynt at ddathliadau eraill ar galan Mai; eu cyswllt â mathau eraill o ganu yn y drws; eu priod fesur; eu halawon; a defnydd hirdymor Huw Morys o'r genre. Mae'r erthygl ar gael ar lein drwy fynediad sefydliadol – clicia ar y botwm isod.
A detailed study of seventeenth century summer carols under seven headings: the manuscript and bibliographic tradition that preserved them; the circumstances of their singing; the references found in them to other celebrations on May Day; their association with other forms of singing in the door; their metre; their melodies; and Huw Morys' long-term use of the genre. The article is available online via institutional access – click on the link above.
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2023
1. casgliad o garolau haf huw a'i gyfoeswyr
2. erthygl yn cynnwys golygiad o gerdd i ofyn crwth
3. dwy gerdd ofyn o lanarmon dyffryn ceiriog
4. fideo: chwilio am gerddi'r cyfnod modern cynnar
1. casgliad o garolau haf huw a'i gyfoeswyr
2. erthygl yn cynnwys golygiad o gerdd i ofyn crwth
3. dwy gerdd ofyn o lanarmon dyffryn ceiriog
4. fideo: chwilio am gerddi'r cyfnod modern cynnar
1. Carolau Haf Huw Morys a'i Gyfoeswyr (Mai 2023)
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Casgliad bychan o garolau haf Huw Morys a'i gyfoeswyr wedi eu golygu gen i. Math o gerdd oedd carol haf a genid gynt yn nrysau tai gyda'r wawr ar Galan Mai, gyda'r nod o ddathlu'r haf a diolch i Dduw am fendithion y tymor. Roedd Huw'n feistr corn ar y gwaith, a cheir mwy o garolau haf wrth ei enw ef nag wrth enw neb arall. Ond ceir yng ngwaith rhai o'i gyfoeswyr garolau haf difyr iawn, yn cynnwys dwy garol haf ddireidus gan Siôn ab Ifan Grythor, un garol haf swynol iawn gan Siôn Dafydd Laes ac un gan fardd a fu'n llygad-dyst i'r rhew mawr a fu ar afon Tafwys yn y flwyddyn 1684. Trysorau bychain bob un, a'r rhan fwyaf ohonynt heb eu golygu'n iawn erioed. Cyfrol yw hon yng nghyfres wych Yr Hen Lyfrau Bach gan wasg Dalen Newydd.
A small collection of summer carols by Huw Morys and his contemporaries edited by me. A summer carol was a type of poem that used to be sung in the doorways of houses at dawn on May Day, with the aim of celebrating the summer and thanking God for the blessings of the season. Huw was a master of the genre, and there are more summer carols to his name than anyone else's. But in the work of some of his contemporaries there are very entertaining summer carols, including two mischievous summer carols by Siôn ab Ifan Grythor, one very charming summer carol by Siôn Dafydd Laes and one by a poet who was an eyewitness to the frost fair on the Thames in 1684. Small treasures each, and most have never been edited properly until now. This is a volume in the excellent Yr Hen Lyfrau Bach series by Dalen Newydd press. |
2. Erthygl sy'n cynnwys golygiad o gerdd i ofyn crwth (Awst 2023)
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Bu'n bleser cyfrannu erthygl ar Huw Morys at y gyfrol hynod hon i ddathlu gyrfa'r Athro Gruffydd Aled Williams. Yn ogystal â golygiad o gerdd gan Huw i ofyn crwth, ceir trafodaeth ar ddechreuadau'r canu caeth newydd – sef dull newydd o ganu cynganeddol ar alawon yr oedd Huw'n feistr arno – yng nghynefin y bardd yn ardal y Rhiwlas ger Dyffryn Ceiriog.
It was a pleasure to contribute an article on Huw Morys to this extraordinary volume to celebrate the career of Professor Gruffydd Aled Williams. As well as an edition of a poem by Huw to request a crowder, the article also explores the beginnings of a new way of composing strict-metre poetry on medolic tunes that was pioneered by Huw in the Rhiwlas area near the Ceiriog Valley. |
3. Golygiadau newydd o ddwy gerdd ofyn (Hydref 2023)
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Golygiadau newydd a luniwyd ar gyfer noson i ddathlu beirdd Dyffryn Ceiriog yn Neuadd Llanarmon fis Hydref 2023. Canodd Huw'r naill gerdd i wahodd trigolion Cynllaith i yfed cwrw yn nhŷ Rolant y Cobler – 'cwrw cymorth', math o elusen – ac fe ganodd y gerdd arall i ofyn derwen gan Edward Hanmer o blwyf Llanyblodwel ar ran Rhisiart Siamas o Lanarmon. Testunau Cymraeg ochr yn ochr â chyfieithiadau Saesneg.
New critical editions prepared for an evening to celebrate the poets of the Ceiriog Valley at Llanarmon Hall in October 2023. One poem was composed by Huw to invite the residents of Cynllaith to drink beer at Rolant the Cobbler's house – in English, a 'bid-ale', a form of charity – and the other is a poem to request an oak tree from Edward Hanmer of Llanyblodwell parish on behalf of Rhisiart Siamas of Llanarmon. Welsh texts with English translations. |
4. Chwilio am gerddi'r Cyfnod Modern Cynnar (Tachwedd 2023)
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Seminar yng nghyfres Adran y Gymraeg ac Astudiaethau Celtaidd, Prifysgol Aberystwyth, lle dangosir bod y Mynegai i Farddoniaeth Gymraeg y Llawysgrifau'n bur anghyflawn o ran cerddi'r Cyfnod Modern Cynnar. Dadleuir o blaid ailgodi'r mynegai ar lein, gan lenwi'r bylchau a'i ehangu fel adnodd allweddol ar gyfer ymchwilwyr yr unfed ganrif ar hugain.
A seminar in the series of the Department of Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth University, where it's shown that the Index to the Welsh Poetry of the Manuscripts is incomplete for poems composed in the Early Modern Period. I argue in favor of rebuilding the index online, filling the gaps and expanding it as a key resource for modern researchers. |