COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911325dc
Reference Number:
English MS 102
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Death of Edward III
Parent Work Title:
Marlborough Brut Chronicle
Alternative Parent Work Title:
The Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
101v
Image Sequence Number:
101v
Description:
Edward III dies, leaving the young Richard of Bordeaux the next monarch. Red rubrication introduces the tale. The text ends 'god have mercy amen'. Graffiti after the text reads 'M Willelmus Yong petit hunc librum Testante..' and 'M Lionelius Wodward petit hunc librum Testante..'. 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:
Autographs
Subject:
Great Britain--History
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
People Covered:
Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400
People Covered:
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377
Item Height:
322 mm
Item Width:
237 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Ley, James, Sir, of Westbury, afterwards Earl of Marlborough.
Provenance:
Colepeper, Thomas
Provenance:
Hales, John
Provenance:
Wodward, Lionelius
Provenance:
Wasey, George Lea
Provenance:
Kyng, Johannes
Provenance:
Young, Willelmus
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
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:
1040
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
Death of Edward III
