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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925091dc
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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:
Merlin's prophecies
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Merlin's prophecies
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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:
30r
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Image Sequence Number:
030r
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030r
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Description:
The tale of Merlin's allegorical prophecy for England using a dragon. An illuminated initial ' A ' introduces the tale of Merlin's allegorical prophecy for England using a goat and an eagle. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The tale of Merlin's allegorical prophecy for England using a dragon. An illuminated initial ' A ' introduces the tale of Merlin's allegorical prophecy for England using a goat and an eagle. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
harme vnto his seed aftir his time // þanne shal þ(er)e come a peple out of þe Northwest durynge his regne þat shal ben lad þorugh a wikked hare þat þe dragoun(~) shal don croune king þat aftirward shal fle ou(er) þe see wiþoute comynge a- ȝein . for drede of þe dragoun(~) // And in þat time þe sonne shal be as rede as blood and me(~) shulle see þorugh al þe world þat bitokne grete pestilence and deth of folc þorugh dente of suerde and þat peple shal ben faderles til þe time þat þe d(ra)goun(~) shal dye þorugh an hare þat shal meue aȝens him werre in þe ende of his lyf þat shal nought stilliche ben ended in his time // þis dragou(~) shal ben halde in his time þe beste body of al þe worlde and he shal dye bisides þe marches of a st(ra)unge lande and þ(e) lande shal duelle faderles wiþoute a goood gouer nour : and me shal wepe for his deth fram þe Jle of she- pe vnto þe hauene of Marcill: wherfore allas shal bene þe comune song of faderles folc þat shulle eu(er)e lyuen in his lande destroiede And after þis dragoun(~) shal co- men a goot out of Kar . þat shal haue hornes and a berde of siluer and þ(er) shal come out of his nostrell . adop þ(t) shal bitokne hung(er) and sorwe and gret deth of þe peple. and muchel of his lande in þe biginnyng of his regne muche shal be wastede // þis Goot shal gon ou(er) in to ff(ra)unc and shal oppon þe flour of lyf and of deth . Jn his time þ(er)e shal arise an Egle in Cornewaile þat shal haue feþ(er)es of golde þat of p(ri)de shal ben wiþoute pere of al þe lande & he shal despise lordes of blood and after he shal fle sham- fully by a bere at Gauersech. and after shulle be made brigges of men oppon þe costes of þe see and stones shulle falle fro castell and many oþ(er)e tounes shulle be made playne . Jn his time shal seme þat þe Bere shal brenne and a bataile shal be done vppon þe armes of þe se in a felde ordeigned as a shelde and at þe bataile shullen dye manye white hedes wherfore his bataile shal ben
transcription
harme vnto his seed aftir his time // þanne shal þ(er)e come a peple out of þe Northwest durynge his regne þat shal ben lad þorugh a wikked hare þat þe dragoun(~) shal don croune king þat aftirward shal fle ou(er) þe see wiþoute comynge a- ȝein . for drede of þe dragoun(~) // And in þat time þe sonne shal be as rede as blood and me(~) shulle see þorugh al þe world þat bitokne grete pestilence and deth of folc þorugh dente of suerde and þat peple shal ben faderles til þe time þat þe d(ra)goun(~) shal dye þorugh an hare þat shal meue aȝens him werre in þe ende of his lyf þat shal nought stilliche ben ended in his time // þis dragou(~) shal ben halde in his time þe beste body of al þe worlde and he shal dye bisides þe marches of a st(ra)unge lande and þ(e) lande shal duelle faderles wiþoute a goood gouer nour : and me shal wepe for his deth fram þe Jle of she- pe vnto þe hauene of Marcill: wherfore allas shal bene þe comune song of faderles folc þat shulle eu(er)e lyuen in his lande destroiede And after þis dragoun(~) shal co- men a goot out of Kar . þat shal haue hornes and a berde of siluer and þ(er) shal come out of his nostrell . adop þ(t) shal bitokne hung(er) and sorwe and gret deth of þe peple. and muchel of his lande in þe biginnyng of his regne muche shal be wastede // þis Goot shal gon ou(er) in to ff(ra)unc and shal oppon þe flour of lyf and of deth . Jn his time þ(er)e shal arise an Egle in Cornewaile þat shal haue feþ(er)es of golde þat of p(ri)de shal ben wiþoute pere of al þe lande & he shal despise lordes of blood and after he shal fle sham- fully by a bere at Gauersech. and after shulle be made brigges of men oppon þe costes of þe see and stones shulle falle fro castell and many oþ(er)e tounes shulle be made playne . Jn his time shal seme þat þe Bere shal brenne and a bataile shal be done vppon þe armes of þe se in a felde ordeigned as a shelde and at þe bataile shullen dye manye white hedes wherfore his bataile shal ben
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
subject
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England
subject
Chronicles of England
Subject
false
Subject:
Great Britain--History
subject
Great Britain--History
Subject
false
Subject:
Arthurian romances
subject
Arthurian romances
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category_of_material
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
sub_category
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
technique_used
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:
Merlin (Legendary character)
people_covered
Merlin (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
false
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
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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:
345
multi_page_number
345
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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