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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925100dc
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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:
King Arthur & the Romans
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King Arthur & the Romans
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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:
34v
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Image Sequence Number:
034v
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Description:
Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'T' introduce the tale of how King Arthur receives a message from the emperor of Rome demanding that he yield his power. There is a catchword 'me mighte' at the bottom of the folio. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'T' introduce the tale of how King Arthur receives a message from the emperor of Rome demanding that he yield his power. There is a catchword 'me mighte' at the bottom of the folio. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
Arthur hadde halde biforne but neu(er)e non suche ne so solemp ne and þat laste .xv. dayes wiþ muchel honour and merthe Of a lettre þat was sente fram þe Citee of Rome fo pride to king Arthur. Capitulo .xx iiij. The þridde day as king Arthure sate at his mete amonges his kinges and amon- ges ham þat seten at þe feste biforne ham come(~) in .xij. elderne men of age richely arrayede and curteisly saluede þe king & saide þey comen fram Rome sente messag(er)s fram þe Emp(er)o(ur) and toke him a l(et)re þat þus muche was to vnderstande // Gretly vs m(er)uailleþ Arthur þat þow art ones so hardy wiþ eyen in þin heuede: to maken open werre and contak aȝens vs of Rome : þat owen al þe worlde to deme: for þow hast neuere ȝit bifore þis time time p(ro)ued ne assaied þe strengthe of þe Romayns and þ(er)fore þow it shalt in a litel time ffor. Ju- lius Cesar conquerede al þe lande of Britaigne and tooke þ(er)of truage and oure folc long time haue it had and now þorugh þi pride þow wiþholdest it Wherfore we com(~)aunde þe þat þow it ȝelde aȝen. and ȝet hast þow more folie done þat þou hast slayn ffrolle þat was oure Baroun(~) of ff(ra)unce al wiþ wronge. and þerfore alle þe com(~)unes of Rome war nen and com(~)aunden þe vppon lif and lyme þat þow in haste be at Rome amendes to make of þy misdedes þat þ(u) hast done. and ȝif it so be þat þow come nouȝt we shulle passe þe hulle of Joye wiþ strengthe and we shullen þe se- ke where eu(er)e þow might ben founde. and þow shalt nought haue a foote of londe of þin owene þat we ne shal destroye and aftirward wiþ þy body we shulleþ done oure wille. Whanne þis lettre was rad and alle men it herde: þey wer annoyede alle þat were at þat solempnyte. and þe britouns wolde haue slayn þe messag(er)s. but Arthur wolde nought soffren it. and saide þat þe messag(er)s shulden haue non harme: and mowe by resoun non deserue. but he co(~)maun- dede ham to ben worshipfully seruede and after mete he nome counceil of kinges. Erles and Barouns what ansuer [catchword] me mighte
transcription
Arthur hadde halde biforne but neu(er)e non suche ne so solemp ne and þat laste .xv. dayes wiþ muchel honour and merthe Of a lettre þat was sente fram þe Citee of Rome fo pride to king Arthur. Capitulo .xx iiij. The þridde day as king Arthure sate at his mete amonges his kinges and amon- ges ham þat seten at þe feste biforne ham come(~) in .xij. elderne men of age richely arrayede and curteisly saluede þe king & saide þey comen fram Rome sente messag(er)s fram þe Emp(er)o(ur) and toke him a l(et)re þat þus muche was to vnderstande // Gretly vs m(er)uailleþ Arthur þat þow art ones so hardy wiþ eyen in þin heuede: to maken open werre and contak aȝens vs of Rome : þat owen al þe worlde to deme: for þow hast neuere ȝit bifore þis time time p(ro)ued ne assaied þe strengthe of þe Romayns and þ(er)fore þow it shalt in a litel time ffor. Ju- lius Cesar conquerede al þe lande of Britaigne and tooke þ(er)of truage and oure folc long time haue it had and now þorugh þi pride þow wiþholdest it Wherfore we com(~)aunde þe þat þow it ȝelde aȝen. and ȝet hast þow more folie done þat þou hast slayn ffrolle þat was oure Baroun(~) of ff(ra)unce al wiþ wronge. and þerfore alle þe com(~)unes of Rome war nen and com(~)aunden þe vppon lif and lyme þat þow in haste be at Rome amendes to make of þy misdedes þat þ(u) hast done. and ȝif it so be þat þow come nouȝt we shulle passe þe hulle of Joye wiþ strengthe and we shullen þe se- ke where eu(er)e þow might ben founde. and þow shalt nought haue a foote of londe of þin owene þat we ne shal destroye and aftirward wiþ þy body we shulleþ done oure wille. Whanne þis lettre was rad and alle men it herde: þey wer annoyede alle þat were at þat solempnyte. and þe britouns wolde haue slayn þe messag(er)s. but Arthur wolde nought soffren it. and saide þat þe messag(er)s shulden haue non harme: and mowe by resoun non deserue. but he co(~)maun- dede ham to ben worshipfully seruede and after mete he nome counceil of kinges. Erles and Barouns what ansuer [catchword] me mighte
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
false
Subject:
Arthurian romances
subject
Arthurian romances
Subject
false
Subject:
Great Britain--History
subject
Great Britain--History
Subject
false
Subject:
Chronicles of England
subject
Chronicles of England
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
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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:
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
places_covered
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
Places Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
places_covered
England
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Arthur, King
people_covered
Arthur, King
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
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a>
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:
390
multi_page_number
390
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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