COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925065dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Kings Grandobodian, Artogaille and Hesider.
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
17r
Image Sequence Number:
017r
Description:
Red rubrication introduces the story of good King Grandobodian, who founded Cambrugge. Red rubrication and illuminated initials ' A ' introduce the stories of King Artogaille and King Hesider (Hesidur). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
þat made the toun of Cambrugge Capitulo vicesimo nono . After þis Morwith was dede þe britouns crounede Grandobodiane his sone and þis Grandobodian his sone lo(~)ge time regnede in good nesse . and made temples & tounes . and þis Grandobodian made þe toun(~)n of Cambrugg(e) and þe tou(~)n of Graunth(a)m and was wel biloued of riche and of poure for he honourede þe riche and halpe þe pore // þis Gran dobodian had .iiij. sones . Artogaille . Hesidur . Higamus . and Petitur . and whanne he hadde regned .xi ȝere he deide and lith at newe Troye Of Artogaille þat was Grandobodianes sone how he was made king and siþ pult a dou(~)n for his wic [...]kednesse .Capitulo .xxxo. After Grandobodian regned [...] his sone Artogaille .v. ȝere and he bicome so wicked & so sterne þat þe britouns wold nought suffre him to be king but pulte him dou(~)n and made Hesidur his broþ(er) king and he bicome so good and m(er)ciable þat men him callede king of piete // And whanne he had regnede .v.ȝere he had so piete of his broþ(er) Artogaille þat was king bifore and anon he forsoke his dignite and toke his broþ(er) þe croune aȝen and made him king aȝens alle his Britouns wille and afterward þis Ar togaill bicome so good of condiciou(~)s : þat he was wel bilo- ued of al þe lande for he bicome so deboner and free and de de right and resoun to all manere of me(~) and he regned .vj. ȝer and deide and lith at Graunth(a)m How Esider was made king after þe deþ of Artogaille his broþ(er) Capitulo xxxjo. After þe deþ of Artogaille þe britouns crounede anoþ(er) tyme Hesidur . but his too breþ(er)en . Higamus and Petitur had den of him gret despite and eke skorne and ordeynede ham helpe for to werre oppon þe king her broþ(er) . and so þey token hy(~) and pulten him into prisou(~)n þe secounde ȝer of his regne and þey departede al Britaigne bituen ham too . but Higam(us) leuede but vij . ȝer and þo had Petitur al þe lande and he made þe tou(~)n of Pikeringe and after deide þe secounde ȝer of his regne and lith at Pikeringe // How þe Britounes
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
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:
215
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
Kings Grandobodian, Artogaille and Hesider.
