Wales in 100 Objects - Couverture rigide

Green, Andrew

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1785621580 ISBN 13 : 9781785621581

Editeur : Gomer Press, 2024

Synopsis

Beautiful collection of essays and photographs, showing Green's choice of the 100 most significant objects in Welsh history. Evoking key moments in Wales' past through tangible, physical artefacts, they include a hand axe from 32,000 BC, William Morgan's Bible and Catatonia's first release. Reprint. Originally Published by Gwasg Gomer in 2018. The objects, chosen by author Andrew Green with the help of librarians, museum and gallery curators and other experts, range from the ancient to the very recent, including items such as an iron sword dating from 1st century AD Roman rule, the earliest known copy of "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau", and Raspberry Pi, the revolutionary coding computer for children first produced in Wales. All are represented by Rolant Dafis' stunning photography, and given context by Green's brief but fact-packed essays.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Andrew Green read Classics at Cambridge before coming to Wales in 1973 to train as an academic librarian. He has worked in university libraries in Aberystwyth, Cardiff, Sheffield, and Swansea, and was appointed as the ninth Librarian of the National Library of Wales in 1998, a position he held until he retired in 2013. Andrew also serves on many informational and educational bodies, including the Council of Aberystwyth University and the Legal Deposit Libraries Committee; he also currently serves as chair of the management of board for the New Welsh Review literary magazine. A graduate in photography from Blackpool, Rolant Dafis has more than 20 years' experience working as a commercial and independent photographer. From documenting the burgeoning Welsh-language music scene in the 1980s to working as a senior photographer for Sotheby's, Rolant's long and varied career has proven him to be a master of his craft.

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Introduction

1 Pontnewydd Cave Handaxe

2 Paviland Cave Flints

3 Maesmor Macehead

4 Gold Sun-disc

5 Llyn Cerrig Bach Hoard

6 Capel Garmon Firedog

7 Langstone Tankard

8 Tal-y-llyn Relief

9 Segontium Sword

10 Dolaucothi Gold Wheel Pendant and Chain

11 Two Caerwent Gods

12 Roman Memorial from Caerleon

13 Rogiet Coin Hoard

14 Voteporix Stone

15 Penannular Brooch

16 Cadfan Stone

17 St Cystennin’s Bell

18 Houelt Cross

19 Llangors Textile

20 The Laws of Hywel Dda

21 Small Sword Guard

22 Deganwy Stone Head

23 Cara Wallia Derelicta

24 Corbel from Haverfordwest Priory

25 The Arms of Owain Glyndŵr

26 The Nanteos Cup

27 Jesse Carving

28 Death and the Young Man

29 Buckler

30 Raglan Gold ring

31 Misericords

32 Denbigh Borough Charter

33 Effigy of Sir Rhys ap Thomas

34 Grant of Ewenny Priory by Henry VIII

35 Yn y lhyvyr hwnn

36 Humphrey Llwyd’s Map

37 Portrait of Sir John Perrot

38 William Morgan’s Bible

39 John Davies’s Welsh Grammar

40 Estate Map of Barry

41 Silver Coins from the Aberystwyth Mint

42 John Ogilby’s Road Maps

43 Cwpwrdd Tridarn

44 Jacobite Glasses

45 Map of Howell Harris’s Travels

46 Crwth y Foelas

47 Lewis Morris’s Chart of Caernarvon Bar and Harbour

48 Japanned Tray

49 Parys Mountain Tokens

50 Anti-slavery Pamphlet

51 Scold’s Bridle

52 Lord Penrhyn’s Slate Quarry

53 Aberystwyth & Tregaron Bank Notes

54 Potpourri Vase

55 Riots in Merthyr

56 The Nannau Ox

57 Neath Abbey Beam Engine

58 Welsh Hat

59 Abergavenny Eisteddfod Medal

60 Portraits of Industrial Workers

61 John Frost’s Pistols

62 Baptism at Llanbadarn

63 Figurehead from the Governor Fenner

64 The Good Brig Credo

65 Dame Venedotia Sousing the Spies

66 John Roberts’s Triple Harp

67 John Dillwyn Llewelyn and his Camera

68 Hen Wlad fy Nhadau

69 Cheap trip to Bangor

70 Ophicleide

71 Three Preaching Giants

72 Central Star Quilt

73 Butter Stamps

74 Two Cardiganshire Criminals

75 Mari Lwyd

76 The Great Strike at Penrhyn

77 Keir Hardie Election Poster

78 Early Carmarthenshire Motor Car

79 Evan Roberts Mug

80 Holing the Coal

81 Billy Meredith’s Cap

82 Two Suffragette Dolls

83 Butetown Residents

84 Tabernacl War Memorial

85 Pembroke Dock Cooperative Society Store

86 Tredegar Medical Aid Society Window

87 Reading Cards from Esgairdawe School

88 Brynmawr Furniture

89 Felinfoel Beer Can

90 Evacuee Children at Newtown

91 Corgi Toy Car

92 Penrhiwceiber Lodge Banner

93 The Pontypool Front Row

94 Laura Ashley Dress

95 Superted

96 Badges from the Miners’ Strike

97 Catatonia’s First Record

98 ‘Yes’ Campaign Poster

99 Raspberry Pi

100 Wales Coast Path Waymarker

Map of locations

List of locations

Acknowledgements

Index

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gomer Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785621580
• ISBN 13: 9781785621581
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Dafis Rolant
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible