COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925051dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Madhan
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
10r
Image Sequence Number:
010r
Description:
The text begins imperfectly at the top of this folio at 'and feete'. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduces the story of King Madhan and his sons. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
and feete and caste ham in to a water and so þey were dren- ched wherfore þat wat(er) was eu(er)more called after habram aftu þe name of þe damisel þat was Estrildes doughter ; & englissh men calleth þat wat(er) Seuerne and walssh men cal- leth it habram in to þis day // And whan þis was done : Gwentolen . lete croune hir queene of þat land and gou(er)ned þe land ful wel and wisly vnto þe tyme þat Madhon hir sone þat lotryn hadde bigete oppon hire were of .xx. ʒer age þat he myghte be king . so þat þe queen regnede .xv. ʒer & þo lete she cronne hir sone and he regnede and gou(er)ned þe land wel and honurably & she went in to Cornewaile & þere she duellede al hire lifes tyme Of king Madhan how he regnede in pees al his lyf and of Menpris and of Manlyn his sones and how Menpris slough Manlyn his broþ(er) and how wolfes drowe him al to peces Capitulo Sexto :. Whanne Madhan had regned xxx.ti ʒer. he deide and lith at newe Troye and he had .ij. sones. þat on me callede Menpris and þat oþer Manlyn. and þese .ij. breþ(er)en after hir fadres deth stryuen faste for þe lande. and Menpris for en chesou(~) þat he was eldest wolde haue had al þat lond; and Manlyn wolde nouʒt soffren him so þat þey token a day of loue and of acorde // And at þis day Menpris lete quel le his broþer þorugh tresou(~) and him self afterward held þe lande and anon lete croune him king and regnede. And af ter he bicome so lither a man þat he destroyede in a while alle þe men of his londe / And at þe laste he bicom so wik ked and so leccherous þat he forsoke his owen wyf and vsede þe synne of Sodomye Wherfore almighty god was wroth and vppon him toke vengeaunce // ffor vppon a day as he wente in a woode in huntynge he lost his folc / and went allone vp and doun crienge after his men and þ(er)e come wolfes and alto drowe him in to peces and þo he hadde regned . xxiiij. ʒer and whan his poeple wiste þat he was ded þey made ioye y nough . and anon made Ebrac
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
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:
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.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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:
145
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
King Madhan
