COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925077dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Vortiger and Merlyn's prophecy
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
23r
Image Sequence Number:
023r
Description:
Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'T' introduce the tale of Merlyn's prophecy about the return of the Saxoynes (Saxons) . Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'M' introduce the tale of King Aurilambros. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
helde him so sore þat he mighte nouȝt aȝens him endure but wiþdrew him & restede // And after come aȝen þ(e) white dragoun(~) and st(ro)ngly faught w(t) þe rede dragoun(~) and bote him euele and him ou(er)come þat he fley þennes and no more come aȝene Of þe significaciou(~) of þe .ij. dragou(~)s þat were in þe botme of þe ponde þat foughten togidere . Cap(o). lxiij(o): : The king Vortiger . and his men þat saughe þis bataile hadde gret meruaile and praiede Merlyn to telle hy(~) what it mighte bitokene // Sire quod M(er)lyn J shal ȝow telle þe reede dragou(~) bitokeneþ ȝoure self and þe whitee bitokn(t) þe folc of Saxoyne þat ferst ȝe toke and helde in þis lande þat now fighten aȝens ȝow and ȝow haue dryuen and enchaced // But þ(e) britouns þat ben of ȝoure lynage ou(er)comen ham and driuen ham a while and sithen at þe comynge aȝen of þe Saxoynes þey recou(er)ede þis lande and helde it for eu(er)more and dryuen out þe britouns and dede with þis lande al hire wille and destroyede c(ri)stendome þorugh out þis lande // ȝe had ferst ioye of hire comynge . but now it is turned to ȝow gret damage and sorwe . ffo(r) þo .ij. breþ(er)en of Constance þat was king ȝe lete slee . shullen come bifore a quinȝime passede wiþ a gret poer fram litel Britaigne and shulle avenge þe deþ of hire broþ(er) and þey shulle brenne ȝow ferst w(t) sorwe and aft(er) þey shulle sle a gret partie of Saxosons and shullen dryuen al þe remenaunt of þ(e) lande and þ(er)fore abide ȝe here no leng(er)e to make no castel ne non oþ(er) werk but anon goþ ell(es) where ȝour lif al for to saue . to god J ȝow bitake for trewþe J haue sayde to ȝow of þing þat shal bifalle and vnderstondeþ wel þat Aurilambros shal be king . but he shal be enpoisoned and litel tyme regne . Of king Aurilambros how he pursuede Vortig(er) [...] // and Engist and how þey deiden . C(o). lxiiij(o). Merlyn [...] and his mooder dep(ar)tede fro þe king and turnede aȝen to Kermerdyne and so after tydinge come to þe bri- touns þat Aurilambros and Vter his broþ(er) were arryued
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Arthurian romances
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Vortigern, active 450
People Covered:
Merlin (Legendary character)
Item Height:
278 mm
Item Width:
183 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
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:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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)
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
275
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
King Vortiger and Merlyn's prophecy
