Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Vortiger and Merlyn
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Image Number:
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JRL0925075dc
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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 Merlyn
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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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22r
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Image Sequence Number:
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022r
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Description:
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The tale of how Merlyn is found and brought before Vortiger with his mother. Red rubrication introduces the tale of how Merlyn tells Vortiger the real reason his castle will not stand. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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or stryue wiþ me for ȝe haue no witte ne resoun(~) as J haue Certes M(er)lyn q(uod) þat oþer of ȝoure witte ne of ȝoure resoun(~) y make no force : for men telleþ comunleche þat ȝe haue no þing of god sith ȝe had neu(er) fader but alle me(~) witen wel who is ȝoure mooder // þe kinges messag(er) whanne þey herde þis st(ri)f bituene þo .ij. g(ro)mes þey axeden of men þat stoden bisides ham whennes þ(t) M(er)lyn was borne and also who him norisshede and þe folc ham tolde þ(t) a g(re)t gentil woman him bar in Kermerdyn þat me callede Adhan : but neu(er)e mighte ma(~) wite who miȝte be þe childes fad(er) // Whanne þe messeag(er)s herde þis tidinge : þey wente anon to him þat was wardeyn of þe toun(~) and tolde hy(~) þe kinges wille and his l(ett)re wherfore þey were comen þeder Merlyn and his mooder anon were sende bifore þe wardeyn of þe toun(~) and he com(~)aundede ham þat þey shulde gon to þ(e) king as it was ordeigned bi his messag(er)s // M(er)lyn and his mo der comen vnto þe king and were vnd(er)fonge w(t) muchel ho nour and þe king axede of þat lady ȝif þat childe were hir sone and who him bigate // þe lady ansuerde ful tendrely wepynge and seide she had neu(er) company of ma(~) worldly // But sire q(uo)d she as J was a ȝong maydene in my fadres chambre and oþ(er)e of g(re)t lynage wer in my companye þat ofte(~) were woned to pleye and to solacen J bileste allone in my chambre of my fader and wolde nought gon out / for brenny(~)g of þe sonne // And vppon a tyme þ(er)e come a faire bacheler and entrede in to my chambre þ(er)e þat J was allone but how he come in to me and where J wiste neu(er)e where ne ȝit wote for þe dores were faste barrede and wiþ me he dede game of loue . for J nadde noþ(er) might ne poer him to defende fro me . and ofte he come to me in the forsaide ma nere so þat he bigate on me þis same child . but neuere mighte J wite of him what he was ne whennes he come ne what was his name Of þ(e) ansuer of M(er)lyn . Wher- fore fore þe king axede whi his work mighte nouȝt ston de and þat he had bigonne mighte nouȝt p(ro)ue. Cap(o) lxij(o).
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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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Handwriting
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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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265
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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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