Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Uter (Uther) Pendragon
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Image Number:
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JRL0925083dc
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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 Uter (Uther) Pendragon
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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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26r
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Image Sequence Number:
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026r
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Description:
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The tale of how Uter (Uther), victorious over Passent and King Guyllomer, buries King Aurilambros at Stonehenge. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the story of Uter Pendragon, and his battle with Octa and Ossa. There is some ink annotation at the top of the folio which has been scored through. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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þat bataile toke his way towarde Wynchestre for to don entere Aurilambros king þat was his broþ(er) but þo was þe body borne to Stonhenge wiþ muchel honour þat he had don made in re- memb(ra)unce of þe britouns þat þ(er)e were slayn þorugh tresou(~) of Engist þat same day þat þei shulde haue ben accorded and in þe same palce þei enterede Aurilambros þe secunde ȝer of his regne w(t) al þe worship þat mighte bilongen to such a king of whos soule god haue mercy . Of Vter Pendragon and wherfore he was called so after me shal here and he was ouere take for þe grete loue of Ygerne þat was þe Erl of Cor [...] newailes wif Capitulo lxx(mo). After þe deþ of Auri [...] lambros Vter his broþ(er) was crouned and regned wel and woþily . and in rememb(ra)unce of þe d(ra)goun þat he was li kened to he lete make .ij. d(ra)gouns þorugh counceil of his bri- tou(~)s þat on to ben bore bifore him whanne he wente in to bataile and þat oþ(er) to abide at Wynchestr(e) in þe bisshoppes chirche and for þ(t) enchesou(~) he was called eu(er)more after .Vter Pend(ra)gon // And Otta þat was Engistes sone com(~)endede litel Vter þat was made newe king and aȝens him bigan to me- ve werre and ordeignede a gret compaignye of his frendes & of his kynne and of Ossa his broþ(er) and had take al þe lande fram humber in to york but þo of york helde st(ro)ngley agayn ham and nolde soffren ham to come in to þe toun(~) anon righte & ȝaf þ(er) to a st(ro)ng assaute but þey of þe cite ham kepte wel and strongly // And whanne Vter herde þ(er) of : he come þider wiþ a gret poer for to helpe and rescue þe toun(~) and pulte away þe sege and ȝaf a st(ro)ng bataile . And Otta and his companye ham defendede as wel as þey mighte . but at þe last þey wer(e) descomfited and þe moste p(ar)t of ham quelde and Otta & Ossa wer(e) taken and pulte in p(ri)sou(~) at Londou(~) // And Vter him self duelled a while at york and after he wente to Lon dou(~) and at þe Estr(e) aftir sewyng he wolde bere croune and holde a solempne feste and lete sompne alle his Erles and
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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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: Wiltshire: Stonehenge
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People Covered:
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Uther Pendragon (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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305
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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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