Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Vortiger and King Vortimer
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Image Number:
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JRL0925071dc
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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 and King Vortimer
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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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20r
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Image Sequence Number:
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020r
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Description:
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The tale of King Vortiger. The word 'Vortiger' has been erased on the second line of the folio. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' T ' introduce the tale of how the Britons drove out Vortiger and Engist and crowned Vortimer king. A small insertion of text in a different hand and ink appears towards the bottom of the folio. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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comen vp in to þis lande and fram þat tyme in to þis time it haþ be wel vsede // þe king [...] sawgh þe fairnesse of Ro- newenne and his armes laide aboute hire nekke and .iij. swetly kessede hire . and anon right he was anamered vppon hire þat he desirede to haue hire to wif . and axede of Engist hire fader . and Engist g(ra)untede oppon þis couenau(n)t þat þe king shulde ȝeue him al þe cuntre of Kent þat he mighte duellen in and al his peple : þe king him gr(au)nted p(ri)uely with a good wille and anon after he spousede þe damisele þat was muche confusiou(n) to him self and þ(er)fore alle þe britou(n)s bicomen so wroþ for enchesou(n) þat he had spoused a wo(m)man of misbileue wherfore þey wente alle fro him and noþing to him toke kepe ne helpe him in þinges þat he hadde to done . How Vortimer þat was Vortigers sone þat was made king and Engist driuen oute and how Vortim(er) [...] was slayn þorugh Ronewenne . Capo. lviijo. This Engist [...] wente in to Kent and seisede al þe lande in to his hand for him and for his men and bicomen in a litel while of so g(re)t poer and so muche peple hadde þat men wiste nouȝt in litel time whiche were þe king(es) men and whiche were þere Engist(es) men wherfore al Britaigne had of him drede and sayde amon- ges ham þat ȝif þey ne toke oþ(er) councel bituene ham. al þe land shulde ben bitrayed þorugh Engist and his peple // Vortiger þe king had bigeten on his ferste wif .iij. sones . þe ferste me callede Vortimer . þe secunde . Catagren . and þe þrid Passent . þe brito(n)s Eu(er)ichon by one assent chosen Vortymer for to ben here lord and here sou(er)ayn . and hire counceiler in eu(er)y bataile and crounede him and made him king and wolden soffren Vortiger no lenge(r) to regne for enchesou(n) of þe alliaunce bituene Engist & him // þe britouns ordeigned a gret power [^of] breto(n)s [^ to dryve owte] Engist and his companye of þe land . an ȝaf him .iij. batailes þe ferste was in Kent þere þat he was lord þe secunde was at Tetteforde and þe þridde was in a shire a þishalf cool in a moore and in þis bataile ham mette Catagren and Horn Engistes broþ(er) so þat eu(er)ich of ham slowgh oþer . but for as muche þat þe
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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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245
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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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