The Strata Florida Slates (GB 0210 STRAFLO)

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Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - The Strata Florida slates (GB 0210 STRAFLO)

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Tabl cynnwys | Table of contents

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Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information

Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: The Strata Florida slates ID: GB 0210 STRAFLO Alma system control 99922638702419 number [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: [15 cent.] (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 35 items. Physical description: Iaith | Language: English Iaith | Language: Latin Iaith | Language: Welsh Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note The following sources were used in the compilation of this [sourcesDescription]: description: E. D. Jones, 'Ysgriflechi Cymraeg Ystrad Fflur', in Llên Cymru, 1 (1950), 1-6; E. D. Jones, 'Inscribed Slates from Strata Florida', in Ceredigion, 1 (1950).

Nodyn | Note Title based on contents of fonds. [generalNote]: Nodyn | Note Dated on the basis of E. D. Jones's analysis in 'Ysgriflechi Cymraeg [generalNote]: Ystrad Fflur', in Llên Cymru, 1 (1950), 1-6.

Hanes Gwarchodol | Custodial history Discovered in 1946 (?and later) by the abbey site's curator Rhys Jones, during excavation and clearing work by the Ministry of Works.

Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content

Thirty-five inscribed slates from Strata Florida Abbey, Cardiganshire, dated to the fifteenth century. Many of the slates are broken fragments with the inscriptions consequently often being incomplete; all Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 STRAFLO The Strata Florida slates are irregular in shape. The inscriptions comprise both text, the majority being in Welsh with examples of Latin and English, and pictures, comprising zoomorphic and anthropomorphic forms, geometric shapes and patterns, as well as other indefinite markings. The majority of the slates are inscribed on one face only, with eleven bearing inscriptions on both sides (SF 1, 3, 5-7, 15, 19, 22, 24, 28-29). The five slates SF 13-14, 23, 25-26 are all broken fragments of one original slab (along with other still missing sections); with the exception of SF 13 the fragments can be joined up into one larger piece. SF 13-14 and 26 contain parts of a single epitaph, incised in large outline letters, which together appear to read: 'Hic ia[cet] ...es ap ... [a]p ll[ywelyn] [mona]chus'. SF 33 and 35 are also two fragments of a single slate.

Nodiadau | Notes

Nodiadau teitl | Title notes

Gyflwr ffisegol | Physical condition A few items are fragile, with the slate beginning to split (SF11, SF19).

Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Ministry of Works; Deposit, with the permission of the Representative Body of the Church in Wales; 1950?

Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged at NLW very broadly as follows: items containing text; items containing little or no text.

Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright laws apply.

Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material Two further slates, inscribed with Welsh poetry and foliage, are on display in the visitor centre at Strata Florida. Inscribed slates of a broadly similar date were discovered at the site of the old church in Smarmore, County Louth, Ireland, in 1959 (these are now National Museum of Ireland 1961: 8-56 and 1963: 89-91) and during the excavation of the drain of Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, in 1991. Some thirty slate tablets dating from the twelfth century or earlier were discovered at the site of Nendrum Monastery, County Down, Northern Ireland (these are now in the Ulster Museum, Belfast).

Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published

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Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points

• Strata Florida Abbey (Wales) • Strata Florida Abbey (Wales) -- Archives • Petroglyphs -- Wales -- Ceredigion (pwnc) | (subject) • Inscriptions -- Wales -- Ceredigion (pwnc) | (subject)

Llyfryddiaeth | Bibliography

E. D. Jones, 'Ysgriflechi Cymraeg Ystrad Fflur', in Llên Cymru, 1 (1950), 1-6.

Llyfryddiaeth | Bibliography

E. D. Jones, 'Inscribed Slates from Strata Florida', in Ceredigion, 1 (1950), 103-105.

Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions

Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container SF 1 File - Hafodwen Grange accounts [1470s] SF 1 SF 2 File - Welsh poetry [1470s] SF 2 SF 3 File - Welsh poetry [1470s] SF 3 SF 4 File - Welsh poetry [1470s] SF 4 SF 5 File - Welsh inscription [15 cent.] SF 5 SF 6 File - Welsh inscription [15 cent.] SF 6 SF 7 File - Latin inscription [15 cent.] SF 7 SF 8 File - English inscription [15 cent.] SF 8 SF 9 File - Inscription [15 cent.] SF 9 SF 10 File - Latin inscription [15 cent.] SF 10 SF 11 File - Latin epitaph [15 cent.] SF 11 SF 12 File - Inscription [15 cent.] SF 12 SF 13 File - Latin epitaph [15 cent.] SF 13 SF 14 File - Latin epitaph [15 cent.] SF 14 SF 15 File - Latin inscription [15 cent.] SF 15 SF 16 File - Zoomorphic and geometric [15 cent.] SF 16 inscriptions SF 17 File - Anthropomorphic inscription [15 cent.] SF 17 SF 18 File - Anthropomorphic inscription [15 cent.] SF 18 SF 19 File - Anthropomorphic inscription [15 cent.] SF 19 SF 20 File - Anthropomorphic inscription [15 cent.] SF 20

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 STRAFLO The Strata Florida slates SF 21 File - Inscription [15 cent.] SF 21 SF 22 File - Zoomorphic and geometric [15 cent.] SF 22 inscriptions SF 23 File - Anthropomorphic and zoomorphic [15 cent.] SF 23 inscriptions SF 24 File - Anthropomorphic and zoomorphic [15 cent.] SF 24 inscriptions SF 25 File - Anthropomorphic and zoomorphic [15 cent.] SF 25 inscriptions SF 26 File - Anthropomorphic and geometric [15 cent.] SF 26 inscriptions SF 27 File - Mitre [15 cent.] SF 27 SF 28 File - Knots [15 cent.] SF 28 SF 29 File - Geometric inscriptions [15 cent.] SF 29 SF 30 File - Anthropomorphic inscriptions [15 cent.] SF 30 SF 31 File - Anthropomorphic and geometric [15 cent.] SF 31 inscriptions SF 32 File - Zoomorphic and geometric [15 cent.] SF 32 inscriptions SF 33 File - Geometric inscriptions [15 cent.] SF 33 SF 34 File - Geometric inscriptions [15 cent.] SF 34 SF 35 File - Geometric inscriptions [15 cent.] SF 35

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