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St Davids Cathedral Library. Llyfrgell Y Gadeirlan Tyddewi. Only Welsh Cathedral Library in situ. Beautiful books C16 to C21, in beautiful building.
Newly revealed intrigue, questionable finances, organist with no organ & more in @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social All between 1600 & 1740.
In @bodleian.ox.ac.uk & now published by @uniwalespress.bsky.social
11.30am Saturday 31st January 2026
Tickets via www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk/discover/library
I spot my favourite 1588 Welsh Bible! Given to Westminster Abbey Library by Rev William Morgan at the end of its printing which Morgan oversaw, while staying with his Welsh friend Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminster.
Thank you for keeping it safe.
Diolch o galon. πππ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
#LibraryShelfieDay
#ThrowbackThursday
100 years ago, in 1925, the churches & chapels of Wales joined in a Peace Appeal/Apel Heddwch to the churches of America "on a matter which is causing us deep concern"..."to adequately fulfill the function of the world's Peacemaker."
#JystDweud #Heddwch
#OTD #ARYDYDDHWN
Tudalen Ionawr yn Beibl 1620
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda I chi, ac I bawb sydd yn y ty π₯³
January page in 1620 Welsh Bible
Happy New Year π₯³
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Chwarae teg!
31.12.2025 19:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0William Morgan wanted this one to be kept on the shelves of Westminster Abbey Library, in addition to all the ones around churches across Wales. Those have all been well used. The Abbey Library copy is in better condition & survived well ... as William Morgan seems to have intended.
31.12.2025 09:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
#OTD #ArYDyddHwn 29th Dec 1170
Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket murdered during a service in his cathedral.
What has that got to do with @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social? Why did Henry II visit here after the murder?
Join us 11.30am to find out
www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk/discover/library
Cynhyrchwyd y Beibl hwn yn 1588 yn gyfnod cythryblus a sicrhaodd oroesiad y Gymraeg. Roedd yn bleser ac yn fraint ei rannu gyda'r cyhoedd yng Nghymru, Haf 2025. Roedd Llyfrgell Abaty San Steffan wedi ei gadw y Beibl mewn cyflwr ardderchog.
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Produced in 1588 turbulent times, this Bible ensured survival of Welsh. It was a joy & a privilege to share it with the Welsh public in summer 2025.
Westminster Abbey Library had kept it in excellent condition.
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Ond mae'r Quire gyda misericord yn edrych hapus iawn ar hyn o bryd!
Nadolig Llawen!
#ShakespeareSunday
@hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
#Christmas #Nadolig
Richard II Act2 Scene1
BlessΓ¨d Maryβs son,
This land of such dear souls.
π· Nativity scene in stained glass window at east end of presbytery @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social @stdavidsdiocese.bsky.social @churchinwales.bsky.social
We were delighted to have a rare copy of William Bedell's Old Testament on loan from #LismoreCathedral in summer 2025, displayed with early Welsh Bibles from 1588 & 1620.
We think Thomas Price would have approved βοΈ
Between Christmas & New Year join us for Christmas themed Tours of Rarely Seen parts of @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social that have been hidden in plain sight over centuries.
Join us 11.30am Sat 27th Dec or Mon 29th Dec
π Tickets in nave shop or online www.StDavidsCathedral.org.uk/discover/library
#ThrowbackThursday to centuries past, to be remembered in the future.
In @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social we are divided from the past only by time, not by place.
#ShakespeareSunday
@hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
Richard II
Act3 Scene2
And darts his light through every guilty hole.
π· From his tomb, Edmund Tudor looks westwards down @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social past flying angels to Christmas Trees
This could have been in @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social Library this afternoon!
12.12.2025 16:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Plygain heno am 7yh (Dydd Wener 12 Rhagfyr) yn @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social
Croeso i bawb. ππ΅
(...a gwin a teisen wedyn...)
Plygain this evening (Friday 12 Dec) in @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social 7pm. All welcome.ππ΅
#Adfent #Advent #Nadolig
@churchinwales.bsky.social @bookllyfr.bsky.social
#OTD #ArYDyddHwn
5.30pm heno / this evening
Sgwrs: Ffydd mewn byd di-ryfel, 1925 Apel Heddwch
Talk: Faith in a warless world, 1925 Peace Appeal
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@churchinwales.bsky.social
Link here ππΊ
www.wcia.org.uk/events/onlin...
A cheery bunch at @uwtsdlib.bsky.social
Nadolig Llawen pawb/ Happy Christmas all!! πππππ
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For online, or IRL, lecture on FAITH FOR A WARLESS WORLD, the story of the Welsh Churches Peace Appeal to America in #TempleofPeace
Link here πππ
#InternationalHumanRightsDay
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sgwrs-ffyd...
#OTD #ArYDyddHwn 1925 #ChurchesPeaceAppeal given to Federal Council of Churches of #America
1st signatory: Bishop of StDavids, John Owen. 100yrs on, Bishop of StDavids honours predecessor at @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social memorial
#WCIA #Cytun @churchinwales.bsky.social @stdavidsdiocese.bsky.social
Fascinated today with CS Allen photographs of @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social approx 1870s. Unique donation to our friends in Picton Castle kindly passed on to us.
Here π cathedral west end - ruined St Mary's College & cloisters + Afon Alun wooden bridge, before Gilbert Scott's restoration.
#Advent
#ShakespeareSunday
@hollowcrownfans.bsky.social
#time
Richard II Act5 Scene5
Now hath time made me his numb'ring clock.
π· Clock faces on @StDavidsCath tower.
@dolencymru.bsky.social today pays tribute to Elaine Morgan, a dedicated supporter of the Wales-Lesotho partnership work.
Elaine would have been delighted with the new St Davids & Matsieng heritage project, celebrating Wales as an Outward Looking Nation.
www.dolencymru.org/news-item/a-...
#OTD #ArYDyddHwn
Today, Sunday 9th November, we remember those who have died for our country in time of war. Many of us will wear red poppies.
Here from Cathedral Library - 1597 Gerard's Herbal as Wild Poppy.
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A rectangular graphic with a picture of Archbishop Cherry. Across the bottom is a light blue banner with the following text on: βPress Release | Datganiad Newyddion. ''Hundreds pack Newport Cathedral for the Enthronement of the 15th Archbishop of Wales' 'Cannoedd yn llenwi Eglwys Gadeiriol Casnewydd ar gyfer Gorseddu 15fed Archesgob Cymru' The Church in Wales celtic cross logo is in the bottom left corner.
'Hundreds pack Newport Cathedral for the Enthronement of the 15th Archbishop of Wales'.
'Cannoedd yn llenwi Eglwys Gadeiriol Casnewydd ar gyfer Gorseddu 15fed Archesgob Cymru'.
www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...
#ChurchInWales #News #PressRelease #EglwysYngNghymru
Join Enthronement of 15th Archbishop of Wales, & 1st female Archbishop, at 3pm today, 8th Nov 2025, on #YouTube (on link below)
@stdavidsdiocese.bsky.social #CytΓ»n @amc-waw.bsky.social @religiousarcgrp.bsky.social @librarywales.bsky.social @anglicanwomen.bsky.social @churchofengland.org
#OTD #ArYDyddHwn
5fed Tachwedd Beibl 1620
Brad y Powdr π§¨
5th November in 1620 Welsh Beibl - marked as Treachery of the Gunpowder Plot. π§¨
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Tudalen Tachwedd yn Beibl 1620
1af - Holl Sainct
November page in 1620 Welsh Bible
1st - All Saints
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#ThrowbackThursday 30th Oct 1485 Henry VII crowned in splendour in @westminsterabbey.bsky.social
π· Tomb of Edmund Tudor, built of Purbeck marble by son Henry VII. Here seen in prime location in @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social Filled in arches & lintels are pre the major 1860s GG Scott restoration.
