The Mabinogion, from the Llyfr Coch o Hergest and Other Ancient Welsh Manuscripts; with an English Translation and Notes by Lady Charlotte Guest. Part VII. Containing The Dream of Maxen Wledig, Lludd and Llevelys, and the History of Taliesin

Overview:

  • Title: The Mabinogion, from the Llyfr Coch o Hergest and Other Ancient Welsh Manuscripts; with an English Translation and Notes by Lady Charlotte Guest. Part VII. Containing The Dream of Maxen Wledig, Lludd and Llevelys, and the History of Taliesin
  • Author: uncredited
  • Year: 1844
  • Publisher: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans
  • Binding: unknown
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Mabinogion, from the Llyfr Coch o Hergest and Other Ancient Welsh Manuscripts; with an English Translation and Notes by Lady Charlotte Guest. Part VII. Containing The Dream of Maxen Wledig, Lludd and Llevelys, and the History of Taliesin
  • Notes:
    • Data from Google Books scan which is Volume III of the 1849 edition which reprints the second half of Part V and Parts VI and VII in a common binding, reproducing their title pages. This edition has been taken as a source of information about the contents of the original parts but not their page numbering.
    • The reproduced title page reads in full: "THE MABINOGION, / FROM THE Llyfr Coch o Hergest AND OTHER ANCIENT WELSH MANUSCRIPTS: / WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND NOTES / BY LADY CHARLOTTE GUEST / PART VII. / CONTAINING THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG, LLUDD AND LLEVELYS, AND THE HISTORY OF TALIESIN. / LONDON: LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER ROW; AND W. REES, LLANDOVERY. / MDCCCXLIV."
    • The first story of this part is titled "Breuddwyd Maxen Wledig" on the half-title page and "Llyma Vreidwyt Maxen Wledic" ("Here is the Dream of Maxen Wledig") at the head of the story. The second story has the same situation with the titles "Kyfranc Lludd a Llevelys" and "Llyma Gyfranc Llud a Lleuelis" (translated in the corresponding English section as "Here Is the Story of Lludd and Llevelys"). The third story is titled simply "Hanes Taliesin" on the half-title page.
    • Bilingual edition.