Medieval Collection: King Leir's lament

Image Number: JRL0911131dc
Reference Number: English MS 102
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Image Title: King Leir's lament
Parent Work Title: Marlborough Brut Chronicle
Alternative Parent Work Title: The Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created: 15th century
Page: 4v
Image Sequence Number: 004v
Description: The story of how Leir (Lear) is driven out of his kingdom by Gonerille (Goneril) and Rigan (Regan). Written space is 235 x 190 mm, 2 columns with 34 lines. The script is in a secretary hand with some influence from anglicana.
Language Code: enm-GB
Subject: Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject: Great Britain--History
Subject: Chronicles of England
Category of Material: Manuscripts
Sub-Category: Codex
Technique Used: Handwriting
Medium: Ink
Support: Vellum
Places Covered: England
People Covered: Lear, King (Legendary character)
Item Height: 322 mm
Item Width: 237 mm
Current Repository: The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: Colepeper, Thomas
Provenance: Ley, James, Sir, of Westbury, afterwards Earl of Marlborough.
Provenance: Hales, John
Provenance: Wodward, Lionelius
Provenance: Kyng, Johannes
Provenance: Wasey, George Lea
Provenance: Young, Willelmus
Rights Holder - Image: The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: The University of Manchester Library
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References: Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.22.
References: Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), pp. 416-17. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
Bibliographic Citation: Brie, Friedrich W. D., 'The Brut, or, the Chronicles of England / edited from Ms. Rawl. B 171, Bodleian Library &c.', (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner for the Early English Text Society, 1906-1908)
Cost: Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £22.10s on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 2009-02-18
Multi Page Number: 70
Image Creation Technique: Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 2009-06
Metadata Language: eng-GB
Collection Code: Medieval