COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925085dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Uter and Igerne
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
27r
Image Sequence Number:
027r
Description:
Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'M' introduce the story of how, with Merlyn's help, Uter (Uther) disguises himself as her husband and sleeps with Igerne (Ygraine), who begets their son Arthur. The tales of the gaining of Tyntagell (Tintagel) and the marriage of Uter to Igerne, and of a further battle with Otta and Ossa. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
Cornewaile Arthure þe kinge Capitulo lxxj (mo). Merlyn þorugh craft þat he couþ(e) he chaungede þe king(es) figure in to liknesse of Vlfyn his chamb(er)layne and to þe figure of Jordan þat was þe Erles chamb(er)layn so þat ech of ham was t(rau)nsfigured to oþeres liknesse and whan M(er)lyn had so done he sayde to þe king sire quod he now mowe ȝe gon sodenly to þe castell of Tyntagell and axen entre þ(er)e and haue ȝoure wille . þe king toke p(ri)ueleche al þe host to gou(er)ne and lede to a knyȝt þat he muche louede and nome his way toward þ(e) castel and wiþ him Vlfyn and Merlyn . and whanne þey come(~) þider þe porter wende þat he hadde ben his owen lord and whanne time come for to gon to bedde þe king wente to bed wiþ Jgerne þe Erles wiþ and dede wiþ hire al his wille and þo bigate vppon hire a sone þ(t) me called Arthur // Oppon þe morwe þe noble mighty king nome his leue of þe lady & went aȝen to his host and þe same nyght þat þe king lay by Jgerne in bed yfere with þe Erles wif . þe kinges men ȝeuen a st(ro)ng assaute to þe castel and þe Erl and his men manleche ham defended but at þ(e) laste it bifel so þat at þat assaute þe Erl him self was slayn and þe castel taken and þe king anon turnede aȝen to Tyntagell and spousede Igerne wiþ muchel ho- nour and made hire quene . and sone aft(er) time come þat she shulde be delyu(er)ed and bare a childe a sone þat called was Arthur and after he gat on hire a dought(er) þat me cal led Amya and whanne she come to age nobly was maried to a noble baroun(~) þat me called Aloth þat was lord of le- ones // Whanne . Vter . longe time had regned : þ(er)e come vppon him a gret siknesse as it were a sorwe and in þe mene ty- me þo þat had to kepe Otta þat was Engistes sone and Ossa his broþ(er) þat þo were in p(ri)sou(~) men lete ham gone for grete ȝiftes þat þey ham ȝaf / and wente w(t) ham // And whan(~) þo .ij. breþ(er)en weren askapede and comen aȝen in to hire owen cuntre þey ordeignede ham a gret host and a gret
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Arthurian romances
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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:
Uther Pendragon (Legendary character)
People Covered:
Arthur, King
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:
315
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 Uter and Igerne
