A manuscript page in a small dark hand, with large red and blue initials at the start of each stanza and a heading in red at the top
The first page of the Book of Aneirin (about 1265): the opening of Y Gododdin, Gredyf gwr oed gwas, stanza I in this edition, under a heading in red; the following stanzas begin with large coloured initialsHand α, circa 1250 – 1300 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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