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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 | ||
*[ | *[https://www.library.wales/discover/digital-gallery/printed-material/yny-lhyvyr-hwnn '''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 [https://www.library.wales/discover/digital-gallery/printed-material/1588-welsh-bible '''Bible'''] by William Morgan in 1588 | ||
It also keeps many rare and important manuscripts including | It also keeps many rare and important manuscripts including | ||
*[ | *[https://www.library.wales/discover/digital-gallery/manuscripts/the-middle-ages/the-black-book-of-carmarthen '''Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin'''] (''"Black Book of Carmarthen"''), the earliest surviving manuscript entirely in Welsh from around 1250 | ||
*[ | *[https://www.library.wales/discover/digital-gallery/manuscripts/the-middle-ages/book-of-taliesin '''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 | ||
*[ | *[https://www.library.wales/discover/digital-gallery/manuscripts/the-middle-ages/white-book-of-rhydderch '''Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch'''] (''"White Book of Rhydderch"''), one of the most notable and celebrated manuscripts in Wales containing the earliest compendium of Welsh prose and early Welsh poetry. | ||
Important collections of particular use to genealogists include: | |||
*[ | *[https://www.library.wales/information-for/family-historians/records/wills-and-probate-records Welsh wills pre-1858] | ||
*[https://www. | *[https://www.library.wales/information-for/family-historians/records/church-in-wales-records Church in Wales records] | ||
*[https://www. | *[https://www.library.wales/information-for/family-historians/records/nonconformist-records Welsh nonconformist records] | ||
*[https://www. | *[https://www.library.wales/collections/learn-more/maps The Map Collection] | ||
*[https://www. | *[https://www.library.wales/collections/learn-more/photographs The National Collection of Welsh Photographs] | ||
*[https://www.library.wales/collections/learn-more/pictures The Picture Collection] | |||
*[https://www. | *[https://www.library.wales/collections/learn-more List of collections] | ||
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== Digital Projects == | == Digital Projects == | ||