num_pages: 109
description: A product of St. John's Priory Carmarthen the famous Black Book includes a mixture of thirteenth-century secular and religious items penned by a Welsh monk but there are also passages purporting to come from more ancient times. Meirion Pennar's selected translations include the dialogue between Myrddin (Merlin) and Taliesin and the verses said to have been written by Merlin after the Battle of Arderydd when he was hiding in the Caledonian Forest.
language: English
title: The Black Book of Carmarthen
publisher: Llanerch Press