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| William Salesbury Annwyl Drigolion Llansannan, Mai 6ed a Hydref 7fed yw'r hanner ganfed gylchwyliau ar bedwar cant o orchestion mwyaf William Salesbury. Er y cyfeiriwyd iddo fel "William Salesbury o Blas Isa" (Llanrwst), cafodd ei eni yn Llansannan: sgrifennodd yn ei lysieulyfr, "Sef .... y plwy y ganwyt vi". Mae'n debyg Cae Du oedd y ty lle cafodd ei eni a mae'n bron yn sicr y trigai yno yn ystod teyrnasiad Mary I (1553-1558). Mae llawer o orchestion ym mywyd Salesbury (c.1507-c.1584) sydd yn cynnwys ei eiriadur (1547), y llyfr gwyddonol cyntaf yn yr iaith Saesneg (1550) a'i lywio bil i gyfieithu'r Beibl a'r Llyfr Gweddi i Gymraeg drwy Senedd 1563. 1567 oedd y flwyddyn y cyhoeddwyd "Lliver Gweddi Gyffredin" (Mai) a'r Testament Newydd (Hydref). Gwaith Salesbury yn unig yw'r Llyfr Gweddi, sy'n cynnwys y Salmau ac, yng nghred llawer, ei gampwaith yw e. Gan ddilyn engraifft William Tyndale ac Archesgob Cranmer yn Lloegr, galluogai Salesbury i'r Cymry addoli a chael eu bedyddu, priodi a chladdu yn eu mamiaith. Dyw'r Testament Newydd (cyfrannodd Thomas Huett ac Esgob Richard Davies rai o'r cyfieithiadau) ddim mor fedrus a'r Llyfr Gweddi, er bod llawer o rannau cain iawn ynddo, a ni lwyddodd Salesbury a Davies i gwblhau eu gwaith ar yr Hen Destament. Er hynny, arweinodd gwaith arloesol Salesbury (ennill caniatad o Harri 8fed i lyfrau Cymraeg, cynchyrchu cyhoeddiadau Cymraeg, ei ysgolheictod dyneiddiol a'i gyfieithiadau) i Feibl William Morgan (1588). Gwerthfawrogwn i wybod, o achos y cylchwyliau arwyddocaol, os fydd Llansannan yn cydnabod digwyddiadau 1567. Mae diddordeb arbennig gen i o achos y cyhoeddiad gan y Lolfa ym mis Medi 2016 o'm bywgraffiad o Salesbury a dwi wedi clywed bod Amgueddfa Caerfyrddin (sy'n meddiannu'r hen Balas Esgobol lle cwblhauwyd y cyfieithiadau) yn dal arddangosfa ym mis Hydref. Diolch am eich amser. Yr eiddoch, James Pierce May 6th and October 7th 2017 mark the 450th anniversaries of the crowning achievements of William Salesbury. Though he is often referred to as "William Salesbury of Plas Isa" (Llanrwst), his birthplace was Llansannan, "Sef .... y plwy y ganwyt vi" (That is .... the parish where I was born) as he wrote in his herbal. The house in which he was born is believed to be Cae Du and it is highly probable that he spent the reign of Mary I (1553-1558) there. There are many achievements in Salesbury's life (c.1507-c.1584), including his dictionary of 1547, the first science book in the English language (1550) and his steering of a bill for the translation of the Bible and Prayer Book into Welsh through the Parliament of 1563. 1567 was the year in which "Lliver Gweddi Gyffredin" (The Book of Common Prayer) (May) and Y Testament Newydd (October) appeared. The Prayer Book, which included the Psalms, is entirely Salesbury's work and is regarded by many as his masterpiece. Following the example of William Tyndale and Archbishop Cranmer in England, Salesbury had enabled his countrymen to worship and to be christened, married and buried in their own language. The New Testament, to which Thomas Huett and Bishop Richard Davies contributed, is not as accomplished as the Prayer Book, though it has many fine passages, and Salesbury and Davies were not able to complete their work on the Old Testament. However, it was Salesbury's pioneering work in winning royal approval for books in Welsh and in printing, humanist scholarship and translating that led to William Morgan's Bible of 1588. I should be interested to learn if Llansannan is planning to celebrate the anniversary of Salesbury's most famous publications. I have a particular interest in asking as in September 2016 y Lolfa published my biography of Salesbury and I have heard that Carmarthen Museum (which is the site of the Old Bishop's Palace where the translations were completed) will be holding an exhibition in October. Thank you for your time. Yours, James Pierce |
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