Iolo Morganwg
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Edward Williams, better known by his bardic name Iolo Morganwg, was a Welsh antiquarian, poet and collector. He was seen as an expert collector of Medieval Welsh literature, but it emerged after his d
Drawing of Iolo Morganwg (c. 1800) by an unknown artist, in the National Library of Wales
Bardic Alphabet
Commemorative plaque for Edward Williams, erected in 1926, marking the location of his bookshop in Cowbridge, with "Gwir yn erbyn y byd" ("Truth against the world") written in Coelbren y Beirdd letters
Coelbren y Beirdd
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The Coelbren y Beirdd is a script created in the late eighteenth century by the Welsh antiquarian and literary forger Edward Williams, best known as Iolo Morganwg.
Iolo Morganwg
…Threfniadau (Rules and Procedures), published in 1803. Iolo Morganwg developed his own runic system based on an ancient druid alphabet system, in Welsh Coelbren y Beirdd ("the Bardic Alphabet"). It was said to be the alphabetic system of the ancient druids. It consisted of 20 main letters, and 20 others "to represent…
Table of letters in Celtic Researches (1804) by Edward Davies (1756–1831)
Painting of Dewi Wyn o Eifion (1784–1841) with the title written in Coelbren y Beirdd