Detail View: Medieval Collection: King John

Image Number: 
JRL0911210dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 102
Previous Accession Number: 
R15384
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
King John
Parent Work Title: 
Marlborough Brut Chronicle
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
The Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created: 
15th century
Page: 
44r
Image Sequence Number: 
044r
Description: 
The text is imperfect here and the narrative has moved on from Richard I to the reign of King John and his quarrel with Rome. 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: 
Great Britain--History
Subject: 
Catholic Church
Subject: 
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Chronicles of England
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Time Period Covered: 
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered: 
England
Places Covered: 
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
People Covered: 
John, King of England, 1167-1216
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
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
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.
References: 
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.22.
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: 
465
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