Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Vortiger
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Image Number:
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JRL0925070dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
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R15385
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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King Vortiger
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
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19v
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Image Sequence Number:
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019v
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Description:
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How Engist built Twongcastel. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' W ' introduce the tale of how Vortiger married Ronewenne, Engist's daughter. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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was nought for to done wiþouten counceil of his Britouns // // Engist prayede him eftsones of as muche place as he migthe com- pass wiþ a twong of a skin wher oppon he mighte make him a maner and for his to duellen on and þe king grauntede him frely // þo nome Engist a Boles skyn and cotte it as smal as he mighte al in to a twong al a rounde and þ(er) wiþ compassed as moche land as he made vppon a fair castel . And whanne þis castel was j made he lete calle it Twongcastel for as moche as þe place was markede wiþ a twong Of Ronewenne þat wa(s) Egistes doughter and how þe king Vortig(er) spousede hire for [...] hire beaute Capitulo. lvijo. Whanne þis castel was [...] maked and ful wel arrayed . Engist p(ri)ueliche sente by lettre in to þe cuntre þat he come of after an hundred shipes felled with str(ra)unge men were bolde and wel fightinge in alle batailes and þat þey shulde bringe with ham Ronewen ne his dought(er) þat was þe fairest creatur(e) þat a man mighte se // And whanne þe peple was comen þat he had sent aft(er) he nome ham in to þe castel wt muche ioye and him self oppon a day wente vnto þe king and preyde him derwoþly þat he wolde come and see his newe manere þat he had made in þe place þat he had compassed with þe twong of þe skyn : þe king anon g(ra)unted him frely and with him wente þider and was wel payed with þe castel and wiþ þe faire werk and togidres þe(~) þey eten and dronken wiþ muche ioye // And whanne nyȝt come þat þe king shulde gon in to his chambr(e) for to take þere his nyghtes reste Ronewenne þat was Engistes dought(er) come with a coupe of golde in hire hande and knelede bifore þe king. and saide to him whatsail and þe king wist nowȝt what it was to mene ne what he shulde ansuere for as muche as him self ne none of his britou(~)s ȝit couþe non englessh speke ne vnderstonde hit but speken þo þat same langage þat britou(~)s ȝet done // Noþeles alatymer tolde þe king þe fulle vnderston dynge þere of watsaill . and þat oþ(er) shulde ansuere drink hail . and þat was þe ferste tyme þat wassaill & drinkhail
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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Vortigern, active 450
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Item Height:
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278 mm
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Item Width:
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183 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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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)
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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-22
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Multi Page Number:
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240
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2010-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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