Gutun Owain
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Gutun Owain was a Welsh language
poet. Gutun Owain was born near Oswestry
in what is now north Shropshire
and was a student of Dafydd ab Edmwnd
.
Gutun Owain was closely associated with the Cistercian abbey of Valle Crucis
where he was the principal scribe of the S text of Brenhinoedd y Saeson
preserved in Llfyr Du Basing, 'The Black Book of Basingwerk', and where he may have been responsible for the continuation of that chronicle from 1333 to its end in 1461 (Dumville 2005).
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
poet. Gutun Owain was born near Oswestry
Oswestry
Oswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483, and A495 roads....
in what is now north Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
and was a student of Dafydd ab Edmwnd
Dafydd ab Edmwnd
Dafydd ap Edmwnd was one of the most prominent Welsh language poets of the Later Middle Ages.-Life:Dafydd was born into a family of Norman ancestry in Hanmer, in Flintshire , north-east Wales...
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Gutun Owain was closely associated with the Cistercian abbey of Valle Crucis
Valle Crucis
-Places:United Kingdom*Valle Crucis Abbey, WalesUnited States*Valle Crucis, North Carolina, an unincorporated community*Valle Crucis Episcopal Mission, North Carolina...
where he was the principal scribe of the S text of Brenhinoedd y Saeson
Brenhinoedd y Saeson
Brenhinoedd y Saeson is the medieval title of three Middle Welsh annalistic chronicles known from three 14th-century manuscripts recording events from 682 to the English conquest of Wales in 1282...
preserved in Llfyr Du Basing, 'The Black Book of Basingwerk', and where he may have been responsible for the continuation of that chronicle from 1333 to its end in 1461 (Dumville 2005).