COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925079dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Aurilambros seeks Merlyn's advice
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
24r
Image Sequence Number:
024r
Description:
Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'H' introduce the tale of how King Aurilambros seeks Merlyn's advice about building a monument to the thousands of men who died for their country. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how the Britouns seek the stones in Ireland. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
to þe mount of Anbrian wher som time was an hous of reli- goiu(~)þat þo was destroied þorugh paynymes wher of a kniȝt me called Anbry þat som tyme was foundo(ur) of þe hous and þ(er)fore þe hull was called þe mount of Brian and aft(er) was called Ambresbery and shal for eu(er)more How Aurilam- bros dede redresse þe lande of grete britaigne þat was dest(ro)ied [...]þorugh Saxones .C. lxv(to). How þe king Aurilambros [...] lete ame(~)de & redresse þe hous of Ambresbery and þ(er)in pulte monk(es) but now þ(er)e ben nonnes a litel fram þe place þ(t) me calleth Salesbery þere þat þe britouns quelde Vortiger where Engist and he shulde haue made a loue day in which time were slayn xxx. knyghtes þorugh tresou(~) of Engist // þe king þ(er) of had gret þrete and þouȝte to make in mynde of ham a monument of stou(~) þ(t) mighte endur in to þe worldes ende and of þis þing þey nome here counceil what þ(er)of was best to done // þo spak to þe king þ(e) bishop of londou(~)þat me called Ternekyn þat he shulde enquere aft(er) Merlyn for he couþ(e) best telle how þis þing mighte ben made // And Merlyn aft(er) was sought & founde and com to þe king and þe king tolde him his wille of þ(e) monument þat he wolde haue made // þo ansuerde Merlyn to þ(e) king and saide þere beþ grete stones in Irlande an longe oppon þe hulle of Kyan þat men calleþ geauntȝ caroll and ȝif þey were pult in þis place as þey ben þer here þey wolde endure eu(er)emore in reme(~)b(ra)unce of þo knightes þat here ben enterede // P(ar) ma foy q(uo)d þe king as harde stones beþ in my lande as beþ in Irland soþ q(uo)d Merlyn but in al þis lande beþ non such . for geauntȝ sette ham for grete god of ham self . for at eu(er)y times þat þey were wounded or in ony mane(er)e hurt . þey wesshen þ(e) stones w(t) hote water and þan(~)e wesshe ham þ(er) wiþ and anon þey wer hoole How þe Britouns wente for to seche þe grete ston(es) in Ir- [...] lande . C(o). lxvj(o). Whanne þe britouns had herd of þis þing [...] þei wenten and sworen ifere amonges ham þat þey
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Arthurian romances
Subject:
Ireland--History--To 1172
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
Places Covered:
Ireland
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:
285
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 Aurilambros seeks Merlyn's advice
