Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Uter & King Arthur
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Image Number:
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JRL0925087dc
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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 & King Arthur
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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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28r
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Image Sequence Number:
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028r
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Description:
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The tale of King Uter's (Uther's) poisoning, death and burial at Stonehenge. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the story of how Arthur was crowned King, and vowed to drive the Saxons out of the land. Line 7 contains a scribal error scored out. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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king was duellinge and cloþede ham in pore wede þe bet tere al for to speede hire luþ(er) p(ur)pos : but naþeles for al hire fals nesse and queyntise þey mighte neu(er)e come ney þe king : But so at þe laste þey aspiede þat þe king drank non oþer licour but only water of a cler welle þat was neygh bisides : and þise false traito(ur)s oppon a day p(ri)uelech wente to þ(t) welle and pulte þ(er) in poysoun(~) so þat al þe wat(er) wat(er) was en- poysoned . And anon after as þe king had dronke of þ(t) wat(er) he bigan to swelle and sone aft(er) he deide : and as many as dronken of þ(t) welle deiden also . and anon as þis fals nesse was aspied folc of þe toun(~) lete stoppe þe welle for eu(er)emore // Whanne þe king was ded : his folc bare him to Stonhenge w(t) gret solempnyte of bisshopes and baro(~)s þat were þere þat beried him bisides Aurilambros his broþ(er) and after turnede aȝen þo eu(er)ychon and lete sende after Arthur his sone and þey made him king of þe lande wiþ muchil reuerence after his fadres deth þe .xvij. ȝer of his regne . How Arthur þat was þe sone of Vter was crou- ned aft(er) his fadres deþ and how he drof Coleg(er)n and þe Saxones and Cheldur of Almayne out of þis lande C(o) lxxiij(o) Whanne Arthur was made king of þe lande he was but ȝong of .xv. ȝere age : but he was fair and bolde and doughty of body and to meke folc he was good and curteis. and to proute folc he was stoute and sterne and also he was gentil and curteis an large of spendynge & made him wel biloued amo(~)g alle men þ(er)e þat it was ne- de . And whanne he bigan to regne he swor þat Saxoy- ne neu(er)e shulde haue pees ne reste til þat he had dryuen ham out of his lande and he lete assemble a gret host and faught wiþ Coleg(re)n þat aft(er) time þat Otta was ded þe Saxones mayntenede and þis Coleg(re)n was des- comfited and fley vnto ȝork and toke þe toun(~) and þere helde him . And þe king bisegede þe toun(~) but he myȝte no þing speede for þe toun was so st(ro)ng and þey wiþinne
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Arthurian romances
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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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People Covered:
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Arthur, King
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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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325
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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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