This is the original version of the poem Englynion i Madog ap Maredudd (Englynion to Madog son of Maredudd) from the the Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin (Black Book of Carmarthen). It is rendered as close as possible to the original using my font, Mabinogi Celtic which is free for anyone to download and install.

Engl﬌nıon I Deulu Madauc ap Maredut

⮙odur﬍ a gl﬍ua. ar claur maeleni.
      ﬕur elui eluan gaur.
   ⮪eul﬋ madauc ma﬒ an﬉aur.
   ﬕal eul﬋. bann benllı gau.

⮙odur﬌ a gl﬍ua. ar claur ıeı﬉on hı.
      h﬍﬒ır ﬍ ır ar ſaeon.
   ⮪eul﬋ madauc mur galon.
   ﬕal uru. omenchoe ino.

⮙odur﬍ a glı﬋a. ⮙o﬒o dreın aeaur
      guae loegır ın dı eı.
   ⮪eul﬋ madauc mu pr﬍﬒eı.
   ﬍n lluı﬉auc. ın llı﬉la﬋ Breı.

⮙odu﬍ a gliua. ar claur lla﬋ur. reı.
      R﬍uelclo﬒ dıegur.
   ⮪eul﬋ madauc mur eglur.
   ﬕal ga﬋r o﬍ eulu ar﬉ur.

⮙odur﬍ a gl﬍a. ar claur ﬋ag﬋ gl﬍﬋.
      gloe﬋ madauc. b﬌eıu.
   ⮪rın﬋a ﬍﬋a in﬍u.
   ⮪r﬍dı rı dıeır eul﬋.






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The poem given above is transcribed directly from the Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin (Black Book of Carmarthen), with reference to Blodeugerdd Barddas o'r Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Ddeg edited by Dafydd Johnston and to AHO Jarman's diplomatic edition of the text. Letters or words obviously missing from the text are enclosed in square brackets [ ] and letters or words that are either superfluous to the metre or which are erroniously copied in the original are indicated in italic text.

As well as being a treasure trove of ancient poetry the Llyfr Du also contains a number of marginalia, including drawings and notes. As such it is also a resource of Medieval imagery. I have reproduced some of these images and they are presented here.