| Vocabulary: | lcsh |
| Type: | topical |
| Status: | approved heading [active] |
| Date Created: | 2003-07-09 00:00:00 |
| Date Modified: | 2012-10-02 16:10:47 |
Pencerddiaid
Broader Concepts
Sources
- Work cat.: Toivanen P. The pencerdd's toolkit, 2001: p. 14 (Pencerdd, Pencerddiaid plural, A master craftsman in the art of either music (harp or crwth) or poetry, who received such a title after 12-15 years of intensive oral training)
- Welsh history: Historical texts -Cyfraith Hywel (The Law of Hywel) WWW site, 4 June 2003: p. 1 (The Pencerdd was a chaired bard)
- Landofsong WWW site, 4 June 2003: Eisteddfods of the Middle Ages page (There were various classes of bards (poets, herald bards, musical bards). Every 3 years the bards assembled at eisteddfods. Only he who mastered all the secrets of the art of poetry or music and who was far superior to all those who had a lower title could become a "Pencerdd", i.e. "professor of poetry". The highest title was that of the "Doctor of music")
