COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925097dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Arthur and the round table
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
33r
Image Sequence Number:
033r
Description:
The tale of the fame of King Arthur's court, and how he makes a round table for his knights. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'S' introduce the tale of how King Arthur enters France, battles with Froll and besieges the city of Paris. Line 16 'com' has a letter erased from the end of the word. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
þat þe Emp(er)ours court of Rome ne non þorugh out al þe worlde was non accounted to king Arthures þat eny man wiste ne non so wel preised and þ(er)fore þe beste knightes of all maner landes comen to him for to duelle. and ham resceyuede wiþ good wille and reu(er)ence and alle þe knightes weren so goode þat no man knewe þe werst. And þ(er)fore king Arthur made þe rounde table. þat whanne þey shulden sitte to þe mete alle shulden ben ili- che hye and euenliche serued at þe table þat non mighte ma- ke auaunt þat no were hiere þan oþ(er). and king Arthur hadde at þat table. Britou(~)s. ffrensshe men. Norman(~)es. fflemmynges. Burgunners. Mansers. Loherinȝ. and of alle þe landes athis half þe mount of Corie. and of his lande of Britaigne and of þe Grete Cornewaile of Walis and of Jrland and of Scotland. and shortly to telle of alle þe landes þat wolden worshipe and chyualrye seche. comen to king Arthures court How king Arthur com in to ff(ra)unce and conquerede þ(t) londe of ffroll þat was a Romayn and him quelde Capitulo. lxxviijo.: Sith it bifel þat king Arthur þorugh counceil of his Ba- rouns and lordes wolde gon to conquere al ff(ra)unce þat þo was cleped Galle þorugh Romayns þat þo helde þat lande in hire power and in hire lordshipp. and þe Romayns hadde take þat lande to a noble knight and worþy of bodye þat me callede ffrolle and whanne he wiste þat Arthur come: he or- deignede an host and a gret poer and fouȝte wiþ þe king & he and his folc were descomfited and þennes þey fledde vn to Parys and entrede þe toun(~) and closede þe ȝates and þere ham helde. Arthur wiste þat ffrolle was gon to Parys he pursuede after and come þider and him bisegede: but þe cite was so st(ro)ng and wel arrayed and þo þat were þ(er)inne defen- dede ham wel and manliche // king Arthur duellede þ(er)e more þan a monethe and þere was so muche peple in þe citee. and hadde despended alle hire vitailes þat were wiþinne and so gret hunger bicome amonges ham þat þey deyden wonder þikke wiþinne þe citee for hung(er) and comen to ffrolle and
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Arthurian romances
Subject:
France--History--To 987
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:
France
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:
375
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 and the round table
