Cantorion Cynwrig 1968

Inside the image.

A square cover in muted ochre, olive-brown and cream. A grainy monochrome portrait occupies much of the left half: a person in profile or three-quarter view faces right, their head near the upper-left centre and their torso continuing down to the bottom edge. The face is strongly lit in pale cream against deep shadow, with the eyes, nose and lips picked out in a rough, high-contrast photographic texture. The figure appears to wear a patterned or textured garment, though its details merge into the distressed surface. The portrait is partly obscured by pale lines and marks.

Across the image, cream-coloured diagrams and symbols sit over a dark brown ground. Large outlined circles near the top contain rough letter-like forms; another pair appears at the upper right. Beneath and between them are rectangular frames, horizontal and vertical strokes, angled marks, small clusters of dots and scattered handwritten-looking characters. A broad, roughly rectangular outline crosses the centre and lower half, passing in front of the portrait. The layering makes the figure and graphic marks difficult to separate, as though the image were assembled from a photograph and translucent notation. The background remains visible through the open spaces between these lines, with mottled grain and irregular patches throughout.

Near the lower edge, a small cream inscription reads “cantorion cynwrig | 1968 - 81”. It runs horizontally across the lower centre and right, over the figure and central diagram. The letters are slender, lowercase and lightly serifed, with the date set to the right of a vertical divider. No outer border is visible.