COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925089dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Arthur
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
29r
Image Sequence Number:
029r
Description:
Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how King Arthur defeats the Saxons at Bath. The tale of how Arthur fights the Scots. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
and arryuede at Tottenesse and wente out of hire shippes and nome þe land and thene robbede it / and muche peple slough and token al þe armure þat þey mighte fynde & so þey wente forþ til þey comen to Bathe . but þe men of þe tou(~) shitten faste hire ȝates and wolde nouȝt soffre ham come wiþinne þe tou(~). and þey defendede ham wel and orpedely aȝens ham. How Arthure ȝaf bataile to þe Saxones whanne þei comen aȝen and bisegede þe tou(~)n of Bathe and ham ouercome Capitulo : lxxiiijo. Whanne .Arthure herde þis tydinge he lete honge anon(~) þe hostages. and lefte hoel of Britaigne his neuev for to kepe þe march towardes Scotland wiþ half his peple and him self wente to helpe rescue þe toun(~) of Bathe . and whan he come þeder he ȝaf a st(ro)ng bataile to Cheldrik and q(ue)lde almost al þe peple þat he hadde : for no man mighte him w(t)stande ne endure vnder þe stroke of his suerde and þ(er)e boþ(e) were slayn Coleg(re)n and Bladud his broþ(er) // And Chel drik fledde þennes and wolde haue gon to his shippes but whanne Arthure it wiste he toke .x.ml. knightes to Cador þat was Erl of Cornewaile for to lette and stoppe his comynge and Arthure him self wente aȝen toward þe march of Scotland . ffor messag(er)s tolden him þat þe Scottes hadde biseged Hoel of Britaigne þ(er)e þat he lay sike and þ(er)fore he hastede þiderwarde . and Cador pursuede after Cheldrik and toke him er þat he mighte come to his ship- pes and quelde Cheldrik and his peple and whanne Ca- dor had don þis viage he hastede him aȝen as faste as he mighte toward Arthur and fond him in Scotland þ(er)e þat he had rescued . Hoel of Britaigne : but þo Scottes were alle ferre wiþinne Mounref and þ(er)e þey helde ham a while. but Arthur ham pursuede and þey fledde þenne(s) forþ in to lymoigne þat were in þat cuntre .lx.Jles and gret plente of briddes and gret plente of Egles þat were woned to c(r)e and fighte(~) to gidres and make gret noyse
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Arthurian romances
Subject:
Scotland--History--To 1057
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:
Scotland
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Arthur, King
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:
335
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 Arthur
