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==Collections== | ==Collections== | ||
The building houses over four million printed volumes, including many rare books such as | The building houses over four million printed volumes, including many rare books such as | ||
* '''Yn y lhyvyr hwnn''', the first book printed in Welsh in 1546 | * '''Yn y lhyvyr hwnn''' (''"Yn y llyfr hwn"'' or ''"In this book"''), the first book printed in Welsh in 1546 | ||
* the first Welsh translation of the complete '''Bible''' in 1588 | * the first Welsh translation of the complete '''Bible''' in 1588 | ||
It also keeps many rare and important manuscripts including | It also keeps many rare and important manuscripts including | ||
* | * '''Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin''' (''"Black Book of Carmarthen"''), the earliest surviving manuscript entirely in Welsh from around 1250 | ||
* | * '''Llyfr Taliesin''' (''"Book of Taliesin"'') containing a collection of some of the oldest poems in Welsh, many attributed to the poet Taliesin from the end of the sixth century | ||
Other important collections in the Library include: | Other important collections in the Library include: | ||