Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Vortiger's castle
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Image Number:
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JRL0925074dc
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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's castle
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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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21v
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Image Sequence Number:
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021v
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Description:
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The tale of how Vortiger tries to build a castle in Wales, but it constantly falls before completion. He is advised to temper the mortar with the blood of a child. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' W ' introduce the tale of how Vortiger seeks Merlyn (Merlin). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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tuene his men he delyu(er)ed Vortiger out of prisoun(~) and soffred him frely to gone whider þat he wolde and he nome his weye and went in to Walys þere þat his britouns duellede for as muche as þat londe was st(ro)ng and wikked to wynne . and En- gist neu(er)e com þere ne knew it neu(er) bifore þat lande // Vortiger helde him there wiþ his britouns and axede counceil what him was best al for to done and þey ȝaue him counceil to ma- ke a st(ro)ng castel þat he mighte him self þ(er)inne kepe and defen de if it nede were // Masouns in haste þo were fette and bigonne þe werk vppon þe hulle of Breigh but certes þus it bifell al þe werk þat þe masou(~)s made a day a doun(~) it fel a nyȝt and þat ferde so .iij. times or .iiij. Wher of þey hadden gret wonder what it mighte be : and þ(er) of þe king was sore annoyede of þat chaunce and wiste nouȝt what to done wherfore he lete sende after þe wiseste clerkes and also lewede men þat weren þorugh out Walys þat mighte be(~) founde for þey shulde telle wherfore þe foundeme(~)t so faillede vnder þe werk and þat þey shulde him telle what was best to done and whanne þe wiseste me(~) longe time hadde studied þey seide to þe king þat he shulde don seke a child born of a wy(~) man þat neu(er) had wiþ man to done and þat child he shulde sloen and te(~)p(er)e wiþ þe blood þe mort(er) of þe werk and so shulde þe werk eu(er)e endure wiþouten ende How þe king lete se- che Merlyn þorugh al Walys for to speke w(t) him Cap(o). lxj(o). Whanne þe king herde þis he comaunded his messag(er)s anon to wende þorugh out Walis to seke þ(t) childe ȝif þey mighte him fynde and þat þey shulde bring him forþ wiþ ham vn to him and in recorde and witnesse of þis þing he had take ham his l(ett)re þat þey ne were destour bled of no man ne lette // And so faste þo spedden þe messa gers þat þey come vnto a toun þat me callede Kermedyn and as þey passed forth here way . þey founden .ij. children of .xiiij. ȝer age chidden yfere hasty wordes and on of ham saide to þat oþ(er) // Donebat q(uod) he ȝe don al wronge to chide
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Wales--History--To 1063
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Subject:
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Arthurian romances
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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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People Covered:
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Merlin (Legendary character)
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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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260
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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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