#National Library of Wales

[lionofchaeronea]

King Arthur. Illustration by an unknown artist from a 15th century Welsh manuscript of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain (Historia Regum Britanniae). Now in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. Photo credit: National Library of Wales.

[arthistoryanimalia]

#TwoForTuesday :

Delia Portsmouth (b.c.1916-?) The Badgers, 1970 Oil on board, H 59.5 x W 89.7 cm Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | The National Library of Wales PB08169/9 via Art UK #WomenArtists

[vox-anglosphere]

The romantic ruins of Tintern Abbey have inspired poets & painters.

[queerwelsh]

Abertawe! Swansea! 🦢

Starting in one week - 3 sessions exploring LGBTQ+ clips, films, music and TV shows in the Welsh Broadcast Archive (National Library Wales) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

100% free, with refreshments, you can come to 1, 2 or 3 of the sessions ☕️

In Elysium Gallery & Bar, Swansea, at 5:30pm on the 10th, 17th and 29th of October!

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Yn dechrau mewn 1 wythnos - 3 sesiwn yn archwilio clipiau, ffilmiau, cerddoriaeth a rhaglenni teledu LHDCT+ o'r Archif Ddarlledu Cymru (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

100% Am ddim, gyda the a choffi, ac mae croeso i chi dod i 1, 2 neu 3 o'r sesiynau ☕️

Yn Elysium, Abertawe, am 5:30yh ar y 10fed, 17eg a 29ain o Hydref

(Bydd y sesiynau'n ddwyieithog)

Dewch yn llu!

[rayeshistoryhouse]

Alexander the Great entering Italy on his famed horse, Bucephalus

Flemish, c. 1450-1500

rayeshistory.com

[plmq]

[delyth-thomas-art]

Please sign, I can't stand to see art and history cut. The cut is taking 10% - 22% from these sectors!

Please help the National Museum Of Wales

Please sign the petition!!!!

[wildbasil]

Sorry about the awful photo but I thought you might all like to see the poster I got from the National Library of Wales' Arthur and Welsh Mythology exhibition (July-December 2017)

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

Hey, sorry if you already answered this question before, but I would like to enjoy some Welsh media, like songs, tv-shows/movies or books. Do you have any recommendations? Also, happy holidays and a happy new year!

Hello! I hope your holidays were happy.

I'm assuming you're asking for Welsh-language media specifically, so that's what I'll offer; if you want anything from the rest of Wales, give me a shout.

Music - so, my personal Welsh-language playlist on Spotify is here, which may contain things to interest you as a sort of jumping-off point to explore an artist more. I'll also put my Welsh music tag on this post, though, so you can check that and see what recommendations others have made on my posts in the past. You'll find people recommending Adwaith and Gwenno and people like that, see, neither of whom I particularly like and so don't have on my list, but are pretty popular. The true cultural tour-de-force for young Welsh speakers is Sebona Fi, by Yws Gwynedd - if you listen to no other, listen to that one.

TV and Film - tricky because availability is difficult. I gave some recent recs here; others to consider are Ar y Ffin (the big current drama on S4C), 35 Diwrnod (sort of a thriller - each series focuses on a murder, which you see in the opening minutes, and then rewinds to 35 days before it happened. You then watch the events play out. Kind of murder mystery, but no detectives), and...

Actually, maybe check out Hansh across its various platforms? It specialises in little short pieces (a few minutes each) that could be comedy skits, documentary shorts about a social issue, cultural round ups of the various gigs happening this week in Wales, etc. Very diverse. Their target audience is, basically, Millennials And A Bit Under. They also do longer form variety things on S4C, but the shorter stuff is on FB, YouTube, etc.

Oh, and my husband has a kids variety show coming out in the next few months! I don't know what I'm allowed to say yet, but I'll definitely blog about it closer to the time.

Books - Obviously I don't know your tastes in books, but my recs:

Absolutely anything by Mihangel Morgan. He's the gold standard if you're learning, because his language is lovely and accessible; but also if you're a fluent speaker, because he writes mundane sci-fi and slightly absurd horror and things like that, all with an undercurrent of social commentary, and his stuff is absolutely fantastic. Dan Gadarn Goncrit is my husband's favourite book of all time in any language; meanwhile, I was given Saith Pechod Marwol at A Level and fucking loved it. I believe he's had one book translated into English, too - Melog. I've not read it in either, but I've heard great things.

Y Llyfrgell, by Fflur Dafydd (the author is also on my music playlist). Here's the blurb:

On a cold February morning, in the year 2020, Dan, a porter at the National Library of Wales, is committing his daily offence against the regime. Greeting him at the door is Eben, a biographer, itching to be admitted. But, they are both unaware that Ana and Nan, two librarians intent on revenge, are on the brink of changing the history of the National Library of Wales forever. This novel transforms the peaceful atmosphere of the National Library into a theatrical set full of possibilities - where bullets cut through the silence, the Reading Room is a cell, and the Library itself is an anti-hero of our literature...

Spectacular book, won the Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen at the Eisteddfod in 2009.

I hope anything in there is useful!

[reimenaashelyee]

New Alexander Comic update!! 🐏

The Queen seeks advice from the Egyptian priest, and he's got some interesting ideas...

A webcomic about the life and legends of Alexander the Great. 👁‍🗨 About the comic 📕 Read from the beginning 🛍 Get the print or ebook edition of Book 1

Historical footnotes under the cut:

... Time flies when one isn't paying attention, doesn't it? (or rather, when one had a final semester of postgrad, two out-of-state weekend festivals and a flu to deal with)

I am just going to give up on consistent updates for the time being in favour of updating whenever I have something new. @_@ The next two months and a half are going to be another whirlwind of activity. Some of the relevant pieces of those two months:

I will be tabling at Emerald Hill Comics Festival in South Melbourne on September 15, 11 am to 4 pm. More info about the festival on Squishface Studios' instagram. As for me, I will be selling my usual wares: Seance Tea Party, My Aunt is a Monster, and Alexander Book 1.

I am currently working on completing the script of Book 2 in preparation for a 2 week long group residency (Comic Art Workshop). If you can believe it, I have been struggling through the script for this Book since late 2019, as the story for this Book is structurally challenging aka it's above my skill level. Things are slowly starting to look up though, which means I am more confident about proceeding with updates.

Footnotes:

The serpentine dalliances referenced are:

Peniarth MS 481 30r (National Library of Wales)

Andreas Boscoli, Olympias, Mother of Alexander, Visited by Zeus in the Guise of a Serpent (Art Institute of Chicago)

BNF Fr. 50 120v (Bibliothèque nationale de France)

[aithusarosekiller]

Apparently it's meant to be common knowledge in my family that there is a bust of my great great grandfather in the national library of wales???

In nearly 18 years of life I have not been told this

[lionofchaeronea]

Still Life of Fruit in a Basket, a Pineapple Alongside and Wine Bottle and Glass Behind, George Frederick Harris, 1901

[funeral]

Grave with funeral flowers Ph. Percy Benzie Abery  National Library of Wales

[thunderstruck9]

Claudia Williams (British, 1933-2024), Self Portrait with Gwilym, c.1968. Acrylic on board, 61.5 x 41 cm. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

[queerwelsh]

I'm co-hosting these LGBTQ+ sessions with the Welsh Broadcast Archive (of the National Library of Wales) in Carmarthen, sharing LGBTQ+ TV shows, films, documentaries, clips and more from their archives!

On Tuesday the 20th of August, we will be focusing on trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming representation.

On the 27th of August, we will be focusing on Pride, ahead of Carmarthen Pride on the 31st of August.

There will be Welsh, English, bilingual and multilingual content.

These sessions are completely free, there will be tea, coffee and snacks - just come along!

[official-wales]

As an English person who discovered Wales through uni, gotta give a shout-out to Aberystwyth. Long live Mother Aber!

oh absolutely. the victorian seafront and railway, the medieval castle, the beautiful beaches, the national library of wales, the university life. I once saw a polite little cat being walked on a lead in aberystwyth, which probably isn't that weird, but I thought it was fantastic