Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Borderlands — New Photographs and Old Tales of Sacred Springs, Holy Wells and Spas of the Wales / England Borders
Borderlands — New Photographs and Old Tales of Sacred Springs, Holy Wells and Spas of the Wales / England Borders
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Cyfeirlyfr wedi ei ddarlunio'n hyfryd yn cyfeirio at ffynhonnau sanctaidd a leolwyd ar diroedd y ffin rhwng Cymru a Lloegr o gyfnod cynhanesiol hyd heddiw, yn ffynhonnau paganaidd a Christnogol, gydag ambell sylw i ffynhonnau Rhufeinig a ffynhonnau sba cyfnodau modern.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
A lavishly illustrated guide to sacred wells in the contested lands between England and Wales from prehistoric times to today, pagan to Christian, with diversions into the Roman occupation and the commercial spas of modern times.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781781720608
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781781720608
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Borderlands — New Photographs and Old Tales of Sacred Springs, Holy Wells and Spas of the Wales / England Borders
- Sub Title
- New Photographs and Old Tales of Sacred Springs, Holy Wells and Spas of the Wales / England Borders
- Awdur / Author
- Cope, Phil
- Current Price ex VAT
- £20.00
- Current Price inc VAT
- £20.00
- Availability Status (EN)
- Non-Stock Item - Ordered on request
- Availability Status (CY)
- Archebir yn ôl y galw
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2013-09-12
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Seren
- Media Type (EN)
- Hardback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr caled
- Pages
- 256 pages
- Size
- 240 × 220 mm; depth 20 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Taith, Twristiaeth, Teithlyfrau (yn Saesneg) | EN: Travel, Tourism, Guide Books (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Arweinlyfrau - Cymru (yn Saesneg) | EN: Guide Books - Wales (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Phil Cope is a photographer, writer and teacher, and the designer of several major exhibitions and books, including Let Paul Robeson Sing!, Wise and Foolish Dreamers: Wales and the Spanish Civil War and Following the Flame, linked to the 2012 Olympics. His interest in holy wells began in 2002 and has shaped much of his work and leisure since. His books Holy Wells: Wales and Holy Wells: Cornwall accompanied successful touring exhibitions of his images.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
The border country between Wales and England is a fertile place in many senses. Settled for millennia, one of the few links we have with early man here are their surviving pagan, pre-Christian wells. Sacred wells have played an important part in the culture and landscape of the region, and continue to do so. Following his books on wells in Wales and Cornwall, Phil Cope journeys up and down the borderlands, and through history from pre-Christian times through Roman and early Christian times, the medieval Age of the Princes in Wales and on to Victorian and the contemporary period. His discoveries are recorded in striking and atmospheric photographs which are accompanied by the remarkable histories of the wells, and the legends attached to them. Wronged suitors, magic horses, Dark Age battles, the reign of King Arthur, and innumerable decapitations feature among the vividly magical tales. Alongside them rests a different kind of magic in the healing wells of the Christian saints, some of which are also sources of prophecy. As the centuries past healing mutated into health and the development of the spa, until, in the twentieth century a full circle was turned and wells once again acquired a pagan significance. Richly illustrated in colour throughout the wells from Cheshire to Monmouthshire, from the Dee to the Severn are here displayed in all their glory, be they in remote countryside or city centre.
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