COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925098dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Arthur in France
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
33v
Image Sequence Number:
033v
Description:
The tale of how King Arthur wins Paris and battles with and kills Froll. The tale of how King Arthur conquers France and brings peace. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
prayde him to ben accorded wiþ king Arthur for to haue pees and þey wolde ȝelde ham to him and þe toun(~) also // ffrolle saugh þat no lengere he myghte holde þe toun(~) aȝens hire wille and truste gretliche oppon his owene strengþe and sente to king Ar thur þat he shulde come to fighte wiþ him body for body & so shulde þey departe ff(ra)unce bituene ham too.// King Arthour anon g(ra)unted it and wolde þat non of his peple vndertoke þ(e) bataile for him // And vppon þe morwe boþe comen wel ar- mede wiþouten Parys þere þat þey shulden fighte and ano(~) þey smyten togidres so fersly and so wel þey foughten in bo- þe sides þat no man couþ(e) deme þe bettre of ham and so it bifel þat ffrolle ȝaf Arthur suche a stroke þat he knelede to þe grounde wold he nold he. and as ffrolle withdrow his suerde he wounded king Arthur in þe forheued þat þe blood fel a doun(~) by his eyn and his face // Arthur anon sterte vp hertily whan he felede him hert as a man þat semede al most wood and he nome Tabourne his goode suerde and drough it vp an hye and ȝaf ffrolle suche a stroke þat þ(er)w(t) he clefte his hed doun to þe shuldres so þat his helme myȝt nought ben his waraunt and so he fel adoun dede þere in þe place and þo of þe citee made gret sorwe for ffrol- le and anon eu(er)ichone ȝelde ham to king Arthur and þe tou(~) also. and bicomen his men and deden to him homage and feaute and he vnderfenge ham and toke of ham goode hostages and king Arthur aft(er) þat wente forth wiþ his host and conquered Angon. and Aungers. Gascoigne. Pehito. Nauerne. Burgoigne. Bery. Loherne. Turyn. and Peihters and alle þe oþ(er)e landes of ff(ra)unce he conquerede holliche: and whanne he hadde alle conquered and taken by homages and feautees he turned aȝen to Parys and þ(er)e he duellede long tyme and ordeignede pees long tyme ouer al þe cuntr(e) and þorugh out al ff(ra)unce // And whanne pees was made ou(er) al þorugh his noble knyghthode þat he hadde and also for his owene worþinesse. and no man were he neu(er) so g(re)te
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:
Handwriting
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:
380
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 in France
