MAB Y CLOCHYDDYN (fl. c. 1380), a poet
Pseudonym: Mab Y Clochyddyn
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker
He is reputed to have been a native of Llanafan-fawr, Brecknock. Two examples of his work are found in the 'Red Book of Hergest' and a number of other manuscripts. They are an elegy to Gwenhwyfar, daughter of Madog and wife of Hywel ap Tudur ap Gruffudd of Anglesey, and two englynion.
Author
- Ray Looker
- The Poetry in the Red Book of Hergest (Llanbedrog 1911), 1350-2
- NLW Archives: Llanstephan MS 133: Poetry
- NLW Archives: NLW MS 4973B
- NLW Archives: Peniarth MS 118: Llyfr Dr John David Rhys
- The Myvyrian archaiology of Wales (Denbigh 1870), 338
- H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9251-9277A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
- J. Davies, Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ et linguæ Latinæ, dictionarium duplex (1632)
- Robert Williams, Enwogion Cymru. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen (1852)
Sources
- Wikidata: Q13129861
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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