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Medieval Collection
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JRL0925067dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 103
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
R15385
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Image Title:
The tales of Kings Lud and Cassibalam.
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The tales of Kings Lud and Cassibalam.
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Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
14th century [mid]
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
18r
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Image Sequence Number:
018r
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Description:
The tale of King Lud. Red rubrication and illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of Lud's brother, King Cassibalam, who twice defeated Julius Caesar. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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The tale of King Lud. Red rubrication and illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of Lud's brother, King Cassibalam, who twice defeated Julius Caesar. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
amendede wicked folk . þis Lud louede more to duelle at Troy þan in ony oþ(er) place of þe lande wherfore þe name of newe Troye was leste : and þo was þe citee called Ludstan . but þat name is chaunged þorugh variaunce of l(et)res and now is called Londou(~) and þis king made in þe citee a fair gate and called it Ludgate after his name . and þe folc of þe citee lete it Loundr(e)s and whanne he had regned xj ȝer. he deide and lith at Londou(~) // and he had .ij. ȝonge sones . Andraghen. and Gormace but þey couþe noþ(er) speke ne go for ȝengþe . and þ(er)fore þe Britouns crounede a st(ro)ng knyght þat me callede Lud þat was Cassibalam(us) broþ(er) and made him king of Britaigne How þe Britouns g(ra)untede to Cassibalam þat was Ludes broþ(er) þe lande in whas time Julius Cesar come . too times [...] for to conquere þe lande . Cap(itu)lo xxxvo. After þe deþ [...] of king Lud regnede his broþ(er) Cassibalam and bicome a good man and muche biloued of his Britou(~)s so þat for his goodnesse and curtesie þey g(ra)untede him þe reaume for eu(er)more to him and to his heirs // And þe king of his goodnes lete norische worþily boþe sones þat were Lud his broþ(er)es and after made þe eldest sone Erl of Cornewaile and þat oþer Erl of Londou(~) // And while þis king Cassibalam regnede come Julius Cesar þat was Emp(er)o(ur) of Rome in to þis land with a poer of Romayns and wolde haue had þis lande þorugh strengþe : but Cassibalam him ou(er)come in bataile . þorugh helpe of þe Britou(~)s and drof him out of þis land . & he wente aȝen to Rome and assemblede gret poer an oþer tyme and come aȝen in to þis land for to ȝeue bataile to Cassibalam but he was descomfited þorugh strengþ(e) of þe Britouns and þorugh þe help of þe Erl of Cornewaile and of þe Erl of Londou(~) his broþ(er) and þorugh helpe of Gudian king of Scotland . and Corband king of North Walys and of Bretail king of South Walys . and in þis bataile was slayn Nemion þat was Cassibalams broþ(er) wherfore he made muche sorwe . and so wente Julius Cesar out of þis
transcription
amendede wicked folk . þis Lud louede more to duelle at Troy þan in ony oþ(er) place of þe lande wherfore þe name of newe Troye was leste : and þo was þe citee called Ludstan . but þat name is chaunged þorugh variaunce of l(et)res and now is called Londou(~) and þis king made in þe citee a fair gate and called it Ludgate after his name . and þe folc of þe citee lete it Loundr(e)s and whanne he had regned xj ȝer. he deide and lith at Londou(~) // and he had .ij. ȝonge sones . Andraghen. and Gormace but þey couþe noþ(er) speke ne go for ȝengþe . and þ(er)fore þe Britouns crounede a st(ro)ng knyght þat me callede Lud þat was Cassibalam(us) broþ(er) and made him king of Britaigne How þe Britouns g(ra)untede to Cassibalam þat was Ludes broþ(er) þe lande in whas time Julius Cesar come . too times [...] for to conquere þe lande . Cap(itu)lo xxxvo. After þe deþ [...] of king Lud regnede his broþ(er) Cassibalam and bicome a good man and muche biloued of his Britou(~)s so þat for his goodnesse and curtesie þey g(ra)untede him þe reaume for eu(er)more to him and to his heirs // And þe king of his goodnes lete norische worþily boþe sones þat were Lud his broþ(er)es and after made þe eldest sone Erl of Cornewaile and þat oþer Erl of Londou(~) // And while þis king Cassibalam regnede come Julius Cesar þat was Emp(er)o(ur) of Rome in to þis land with a poer of Romayns and wolde haue had þis lande þorugh strengþe : but Cassibalam him ou(er)come in bataile . þorugh helpe of þe Britou(~)s and drof him out of þis land . & he wente aȝen to Rome and assemblede gret poer an oþer tyme and come aȝen in to þis land for to ȝeue bataile to Cassibalam but he was descomfited þorugh strengþ(e) of þe Britouns and þorugh þe help of þe Erl of Cornewaile and of þe Erl of Londou(~) his broþ(er) and þorugh helpe of Gudian king of Scotland . and Corband king of North Walys and of Bretail king of South Walys . and in þis bataile was slayn Nemion þat was Cassibalams broþ(er) wherfore he made muche sorwe . and so wente Julius Cesar out of þis
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Language Code:
enm-GB
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enm-GB
Language Code
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Subject:
Chronicles of England
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Chronicles of England
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
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Subject:
Great Britain--History
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Great Britain--History
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
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Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
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Illumination (image-making process)
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false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
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Support:
Vellum
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Vellum
Support
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Time Period Covered:
750 - 1 BCE
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750 - 1 BCE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
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England
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Caesar, Julius
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Caesar, Julius
People Covered
false
Item Height:
278 mm
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278 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
183 mm
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183 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
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Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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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
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
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References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
References
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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)
bibliography
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)
Bibliographic Citation
false
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
cost
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Cost
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
225
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225
Multi Page Number
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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
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Medieval
Collection Code
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