Poetry by numbers
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Paul Russell
Abstract
All the medieval versions of Gramadegau Penceirddiaid, the Welsh bardic grammars, end with a set of trioedd cerdd “poetical triads” which can be seen not only as a contribution to grammatical thinking within the texts, but also as part of the wider tradition of triadic structuring of knowledge in medieval Wales. The earlier parts of these texts are also numerically structured, much of which is inherited from Latin grammar, but the later sections (dealing with verse and verse-faults) which are uniquely Welsh make far greater use of triadic structuring.
Abstract
All the medieval versions of Gramadegau Penceirddiaid, the Welsh bardic grammars, end with a set of trioedd cerdd “poetical triads” which can be seen not only as a contribution to grammatical thinking within the texts, but also as part of the wider tradition of triadic structuring of knowledge in medieval Wales. The earlier parts of these texts are also numerically structured, much of which is inherited from Latin grammar, but the later sections (dealing with verse and verse-faults) which are uniquely Welsh make far greater use of triadic structuring.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword & acknowledgements vii
- Abbreviations ix
- List of plates xiii
- Notes on contributors xv
- Editors’ introduction 1
- Allegory, the áes dána and the liberal arts in Medieval Irish literature 11
- Cryptography and the alphabet in the “Book of Ádhamh Ó Cianáin” 35
- Caide Máthair Bréithre “What is the Mother of a Word” 65
- The expression of “sense, meaning, signification” in the Old Irish glosses, and particularly in the Milan and Saint Gall glosses 85
- The verbal paradigms in Auraicept na nÉces 101
- The glossing of the Early Irish law tracts 113
- Teaching between the lines 133
- The Welsh bardic grammars on Litterae 149
- Poetry by numbers 161
- Gramadeg Gwysanau 181
- Master list of references 201
- Index of manuscripts 219
- Index of subjects 221
- Index of terms by language 225
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword & acknowledgements vii
- Abbreviations ix
- List of plates xiii
- Notes on contributors xv
- Editors’ introduction 1
- Allegory, the áes dána and the liberal arts in Medieval Irish literature 11
- Cryptography and the alphabet in the “Book of Ádhamh Ó Cianáin” 35
- Caide Máthair Bréithre “What is the Mother of a Word” 65
- The expression of “sense, meaning, signification” in the Old Irish glosses, and particularly in the Milan and Saint Gall glosses 85
- The verbal paradigms in Auraicept na nÉces 101
- The glossing of the Early Irish law tracts 113
- Teaching between the lines 133
- The Welsh bardic grammars on Litterae 149
- Poetry by numbers 161
- Gramadeg Gwysanau 181
- Master list of references 201
- Index of manuscripts 219
- Index of subjects 221
- Index of terms by language 225
