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Bards and bardism

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Poetry as Topic
Poets
Druids and druidism

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  • Men and women are sitting around a table as a bard entertains them. Etching by R. Pranker after H. Gravelot.
  • A man stands by a fountain playing music for his companions, who are also holding musical instruments. Coloured aquatint (?) by N. Whittock.

Works from the collections

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    A manual of Welsh literature, containing a brief survey of the works of the chief bards and prose writers from the sixth century to the end of the eighteenth / by the Rev. J.C. Morrice.

    Morrice, James Cornelius, 1876. | Date: 1909
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    Men and women are sitting around a table as a bard entertains them. Etching by R. Pranker after H. Gravelot.

    Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773. | Reference: 33908i
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    The mythology and rites of the British Druids, ascertained by national documents; and compared with the general traditions and customs of heathenism, as illustrated by the most eminent antiquaries of our age. With an appendix, containing ancient poems and extracts, with some remarks on ancient British coins... / By Edward Davies.

    Davies, Edward, 1756-1831. | Date: 1809
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    A man stands by a fountain playing music for his companions, who are also holding musical instruments. Coloured aquatint (?) by N. Whittock.

    Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791-1860. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 33925i

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