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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925086dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 103
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
R15385
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Uter (Uther)
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King Uter (Uther)
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Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
14th century [mid]
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
27v
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27v
Page
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Image Sequence Number:
027v
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027v
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Description:
Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the story of how, despite sickness, Uter (Uther) is carried into battle with Otta and Ossa and defeats them. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the story of how, despite sickness, Uter (Uther) is carried into battle with Otta and Ossa and defeats them. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
poer and bigonne to werre oppon þe king How king Vter ches Aloth to kepe þe lande of Britaigne whiles þat he was sike for as muche as he mighte nought for his siknesse . C(o). lxxij(o). And for as muche as king Vter was sike and mighte nought helpe him self. he ordeignede Aloth sone of Eleyne þat þo was to ben wardeyn and chyueteyn of all his folc and he anon and his britou(~)s assembled a gret ost and ȝaf bataile to Otta and to his folc but Otta at þe laste was descomfited // Hit bifel þus aft(er)ward þat þis britou(~)s had dedignaciou(~) of Aloth : and wolde nouȝt to him ben en tendaunt wherfore þe king was annoyed wonder sore & lete pulte him in a litere in þe host among his folc and þey had him to Veroleyne þat þo was a fair citee þere þ(t) sent Albon was martred and aft(er) was þat citee destroied þorugh paynymis and þorugh werre and þider þey had sent Ossa and Otta and hire peple and entrede in to þe toun and lete make faste þe ȝates and þere þey helde ham and þe king come and ham bisegede and makede a st(ro)ng assaute but þo þat were wiþinne manleche ham defende de // þe king lete ordeigne his gonnes and his engynes for to breke þe wall : and þe wall were so st(ro)nge. þat noþing mighte ham misdo // Otta and his peple had gret despite þat a king liggynge in a liter had ham biseged and þey token counceil amonges ham for to stonde vp in þe morwe and come out and ȝeue bataile to þe king and so þey de- den. and in þat bataile were boþe Otta and Ossa slayn. and alle þo oþ(er)e þat ascapede alyf fledden in to Scotlande and maden Colegryn hire chiueteyn and þe Saxsones þ(t) weren alif and ascapede fro þe bataile broughten aȝen a gret strengthe and among(es) ham þei seiden þat ȝif þe king Vter. were ded þey shulde wel conquere þ(e) lande and amo(~)g(es) ham þey þouȝte empoysone þe king and ordeined men for to do þis dede and ȝaf ham of ȝiftes gret plente þis þing to done and þey ordeignede ham þiderward þere þat þe
transcription
poer and bigonne to werre oppon þe king How king Vter ches Aloth to kepe þe lande of Britaigne whiles þat he was sike for as muche as he mighte nought for his siknesse . C(o). lxxij(o). And for as muche as king Vter was sike and mighte nought helpe him self. he ordeignede Aloth sone of Eleyne þat þo was to ben wardeyn and chyueteyn of all his folc and he anon and his britou(~)s assembled a gret ost and ȝaf bataile to Otta and to his folc but Otta at þe laste was descomfited // Hit bifel þus aft(er)ward þat þis britou(~)s had dedignaciou(~) of Aloth : and wolde nouȝt to him ben en tendaunt wherfore þe king was annoyed wonder sore & lete pulte him in a litere in þe host among his folc and þey had him to Veroleyne þat þo was a fair citee þere þ(t) sent Albon was martred and aft(er) was þat citee destroied þorugh paynymis and þorugh werre and þider þey had sent Ossa and Otta and hire peple and entrede in to þe toun and lete make faste þe ȝates and þere þey helde ham and þe king come and ham bisegede and makede a st(ro)ng assaute but þo þat were wiþinne manleche ham defende de // þe king lete ordeigne his gonnes and his engynes for to breke þe wall : and þe wall were so st(ro)nge. þat noþing mighte ham misdo // Otta and his peple had gret despite þat a king liggynge in a liter had ham biseged and þey token counceil amonges ham for to stonde vp in þe morwe and come out and ȝeue bataile to þe king and so þey de- den. and in þat bataile were boþe Otta and Ossa slayn. and alle þo oþ(er)e þat ascapede alyf fledden in to Scotlande and maden Colegryn hire chiueteyn and þe Saxsones þ(t) weren alif and ascapede fro þe bataile broughten aȝen a gret strengthe and among(es) ham þei seiden þat ȝif þe king Vter. were ded þey shulde wel conquere þ(e) lande and amo(~)g(es) ham þey þouȝte empoysone þe king and ordeined men for to do þis dede and ȝaf ham of ȝiftes gret plente þis þing to done and þey ordeignede ham þiderward þere þat þe
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Chronicles of England
subject
Chronicles of England
Subject
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Subject:
Great Britain--History
subject
Great Britain--History
Subject
false
Subject:
Arthurian romances
subject
Arthurian romances
Subject
false
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
subject
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
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Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
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Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
support
Vellum
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
time_period_covered
1 BCE - 500 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
places_covered
England
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Uther Pendragon (Legendary character)
people_covered
Uther Pendragon (Legendary character)
People Covered
false
Item Height:
278 mm
item_height
278 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
183 mm
item_width
183 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
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Access Rights:
access_rights
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Access Rights
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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
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
false
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
References
false
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)
bibliography
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)
Bibliographic Citation
false
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
cost
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Cost
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
320
multi_page_number
320
Multi Page Number
false
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
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Medieval
Collection Code
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