IEUAN LLWYD ab Y GARGAM (14th century), a poet
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
One of the last of the 'Gogynfeirdd.' No details of his career are known, but an awdl composed by him to Hopcyn ap Tomas of Ynysdawy, Glamorganshire, is preserved in the 'Red Book of Hergest' and some other manuscripts. It is also contained in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales , but there the poet's name is given as Iorwerth Llwyd ab y Gargam.
Author
- Ray Looker
- Jes. Coll. MS. at the Bodleian Library, Oxford 1
- The Poetry in the Red Book of Hergest (Llanbedrog 1911), coll. 1415-16
- NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 133: Poetry (854)
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 4973B (166)
- The Myvyrian archaiology of Wales (Denbigh 1870), 335
- J. Davies, Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ et linguæ Latinæ, dictionarium duplex (1632)
Sources
- Wikidata: Q18535711
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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