Word and Image in Medieval Welsh Manuscripts

Although comparatively few medieval Welsh manuscripts contain planned series of illustrations, closer inspection reveals a great variety of visual images, from full-size coloured drawings to marginal penwork figures. But what is the purpose or function of these visual images, and how Welsh are they?

Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan was formerly Head of Manuscripts and Visual Images at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. Her publications on medieval textual culture and the relationship between word and visual image include An Index of Images in Welsh Manuscripts and English Manuscripts in Wales (2011). She is a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales Trinity St Davids.