COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925093dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Previous Accession Number:
R15385
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Merlin's prophecies
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
31r
Image Sequence Number:
031r
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.
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
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Arthurian romances
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:
England
People Covered:
Merlin (Legendary character)
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:
355
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
Merlin's prophecies
