Detail View: Medieval Collection: Saint Austin
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Image Number:
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JRL0911180dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 102
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Saint Austin
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Alternative Image Title:
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King of Leicester is slain
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Parent Work Title:
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Marlborough Brut Chronicle
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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The Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
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15th century
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Page:
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29r
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Image Sequence Number:
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029r
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Description:
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Saint Austin goes to Wales but they refuse to acknowledge the Church. Then follows the story of King Adelbright (Ethelbert) and King Elfride who fight Brecyual, King of Leicester. Red rubrication introduces the next tale. Written space is 235 x 190 mm, 2 columns with 34 lines. The script is in a secretary hand with some influence from anglicana.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Wales--History--To 1063
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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500 - 1000 CE
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Places Covered:
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Wales
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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322 mm
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Item Width:
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237 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Colepeper, Thomas
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Provenance:
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Ley, James, Sir, of Westbury, afterwards Earl of Marlborough.
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Provenance:
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Hales, John
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Provenance:
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Wodward, Lionelius
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Provenance:
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Kyng, Johannes
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Provenance:
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Wasey, George Lea
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Provenance:
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Young, Willelmus
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.22.
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References:
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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.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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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)
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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £22.10s on 18 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-02-18
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Multi Page Number:
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315
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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