COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925033dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Table of chapters
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
1r
Image Sequence Number:
001r
Description:
The text begins with an illuminated initial 'H' and there is a partial illuminated and decorated foliate bar border. Then follows a table of 223 numbered chapters with initials in blue and red ink. There is an ink annotation 'MSS A' which appears at the bottom of the folio. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
Here may a man hure Engelonde was ferst called Albyon and thorugh wham it hadde þe name Here endeth þe p(ro)loge of Albyoun þat þo was an yle and herkeneth now how Brut was geten and how he slow ferst his moder and aftirward his fader and how he conquerede Albyoun þat aftirward he nempnede Brutaigne after his owene name þat now is called Engelonde aftir þe name of Engist of Saxoyne. Capitulo Primo. How Brut was dryuen out of þe lande and how he held him in Creke Capitulo Secundo. How Coryn bicome Brutus man and how king G of Sax was descomfited Cao. iijo. How Brut arryuede at Tottenesse in þe yle of Albyo(u)n and of þe bataile þ(t) was bituene Coryn & Gogmagog Cao. iiijto. How Brut made Londo(u)n and callede þis land Britaigne and Scotlande Albyne and Walys Cambir Capo. vto. Of king Madhan how he regnede in pees al his lif & of Menpris and of Manlyn his sones and how Menpris slough Manlyn his broþ(er) and how wulfes drowen him al to peces. Capo. vjto. Of king Ebrac how he conquerede Ffr(au)nce and bigat w(t) and xxiijti doughtres Capo. vijto. Of þe king Brut Greneschel þe ferst sone of Ebrac king Co. viijo. Of king Leyl Capo. ixo. Of king Lud Ludibras þat was king Leiles sone Co. ximo. Of king Bladud þat was Ludibras his sone regnede and was a good man and anygramancer Capo. xio. Of king Leir and of þe ansuere of his ȝongest doughter þat graciously was maried unto þe king of Ffr(au)nce Co. xijo. How king Leir was druen out of his lande þorugh his folye and how Cordeill his (y)ongest dought(er) halpe him in his nede Capo. xiijo. How Morgan and Conedage þat we Neueus to Cordeill MSS A
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Places Covered:
England
Item Height:
278 mm
Item Width:
183 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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), p. 417. 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 £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
55
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
Table of chapters
