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Medieval Collection
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JRL0925093dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 103
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
R15385
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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:
31r
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Image Sequence Number:
031r
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Description:
Merlin's allegorical prophecies for England using a boar and a lamb. Two illuminated initials 'A' introduce the tales. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
Merlin's allegorical prophecies for England using a boar and a lamb. Two illuminated initials 'A' introduce the tales. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
After þis goot shal come out of Wyndesore shal come out a boor þat shal haue an hede of witte a leouns herte a pietous loking. his visage shal ben reste to sike me(~). his brest shal ben staunchinge of þerst to ham þat ben aþerst þer of shulle haue // his word shal ben gospel his beryng shal ben meke as a lombe. Jn þe ferste ȝer of his regne he shal haue gret payne to iustifien ham þ(t) beþ vntrewe & in his time shal his lande ben multiplied wiþ aliens. And þis boor þorugh fersnesse of herte þat he shal haue shal make wulfes bicome lambes and he shal be callede þorugh out/þe world. Boor of holynesse of fersnesse. of nobley. and of mekenesse and he shal don mesurably al þ(t) he shal haue to done vnto þe Burgh of ierl(~)m. and he shal whette his teþ vppon þe ȝates of Parys and oppon .iiij. landes. Spaigne shal tremble for drede of him Goscoigne schal suete. Jn Ff(ra)unce. he shal pulte his whinge his grete taile shal reste in Engelond softely Almayne shal quake for dre de of him // þis boor shal ȝeue mantels to .ij. tounes of Jnge- land and he shal make þe reuer renne w(t) blood and wiþ brayn and he shal make meny medewes reed and he shal gete as muche as his auncestres deden . and er þat he be dede he shal ber .iij. crounes. and he shal putte o lande in to grete subieccion and aft(er) it shal ben releued. but nouȝt in his time // þis boor aft(er) þat he is dede for his doughti- nesse shal ben rentered at Coloigne and his lande shal be þanne fulfelde of alle goode After þis boor shal come a lombe þat shal haue feet of leed and hed of bras and herte of a loppe a swynes skyn and an hard and in his time his land shal ben in pees þe ferste ȝer of his regne he shal don make a citee þat al þe world shal speke of. þis lambe shale lese in his tyme a gret p(ar)t of his lande þorugh an hidous wolf. but he shal recou(er)e it / and ȝeue a lordshipe to an Egle of his landes and þis Egle schal wel gou(er)ne it til þe time þat p(ri)de shal him ou(er)gon
transcription
After þis goot shal come out of Wyndesore shal come out a boor þat shal haue an hede of witte a leouns herte a pietous loking. his visage shal ben reste to sike me(~). his brest shal ben staunchinge of þerst to ham þat ben aþerst þer of shulle haue // his word shal ben gospel his beryng shal ben meke as a lombe. Jn þe ferste ȝer of his regne he shal haue gret payne to iustifien ham þ(t) beþ vntrewe & in his time shal his lande ben multiplied wiþ aliens. And þis boor þorugh fersnesse of herte þat he shal haue shal make wulfes bicome lambes and he shal be callede þorugh out/þe world. Boor of holynesse of fersnesse. of nobley. and of mekenesse and he shal don mesurably al þ(t) he shal haue to done vnto þe Burgh of ierl(~)m. and he shal whette his teþ vppon þe ȝates of Parys and oppon .iiij. landes. Spaigne shal tremble for drede of him Goscoigne schal suete. Jn Ff(ra)unce. he shal pulte his whinge his grete taile shal reste in Engelond softely Almayne shal quake for dre de of him // þis boor shal ȝeue mantels to .ij. tounes of Jnge- land and he shal make þe reuer renne w(t) blood and wiþ brayn and he shal make meny medewes reed and he shal gete as muche as his auncestres deden . and er þat he be dede he shal ber .iij. crounes. and he shal putte o lande in to grete subieccion and aft(er) it shal ben releued. but nouȝt in his time // þis boor aft(er) þat he is dede for his doughti- nesse shal ben rentered at Coloigne and his lande shal be þanne fulfelde of alle goode After þis boor shal come a lombe þat shal haue feet of leed and hed of bras and herte of a loppe a swynes skyn and an hard and in his time his land shal ben in pees þe ferste ȝer of his regne he shal don make a citee þat al þe world shal speke of. þis lambe shale lese in his tyme a gret p(ar)t of his lande þorugh an hidous wolf. but he shal recou(er)e it / and ȝeue a lordshipe to an Egle of his landes and þis Egle schal wel gou(er)ne it til þe time þat p(ri)de shal him ou(er)gon
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
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enm-GB
Language Code
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Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England
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Chronicles of England
Subject
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Subject:
Great Britain--History
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Great Britain--History
Subject
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Subject:
Arthurian romances
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Arthurian romances
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
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Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
support
Vellum
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
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1 BCE - 500 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
places_covered
England
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Merlin (Legendary character)
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Merlin (Legendary character)
People Covered
false
Item Height:
278 mm
item_height
278 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
183 mm
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
355
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355
Multi Page Number
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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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