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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925104dc
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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:
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:
36v
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36v
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Image Sequence Number:
036v
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Description:
The tale of how King Arthur slays the Spanish Giant. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how King Arthur gets ready to fight the Romans. Line 27 the scribe has corrected his own error - 'þese' for 'þere'. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The tale of how King Arthur slays the Spanish Giant. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how King Arthur gets ready to fight the Romans. Line 27 the scribe has corrected his own error - 'þese' for 'þere'. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
seyn and herde // Arthur anon nome boþe wiþ him and wente p(ri)ueleche be nyghte þat non of his host it wiste and come on þe morwe erly to þe Geaunt and faught wiþ him strongly and at þe laste him slough. and Arthur bad Bedewere smyte of his heued and bringe it to þe host to shewe ham for a wond(er) for it was so gret and so huge // Whanne þey comen aȝen to þe host þey tolden wherfore þey hadde ben oute and sheweden to ham þe hede: and eu(er)y man was glad and ioyful. of þe worþy de- de þat king Arthur had done hire lord // And. Hoel was ful sorweful for his nece þat was so lost. and after whanne he hadde space he lete make a faire chapel of oure lady ouer Eleynes tumbe. How king Arthur ȝaf bataile to þe Emp(er)our in þe which bataile þe Emp(er)our was slayn. C.ao.xxiiij.vto. Arthur and his peple hadden tidynge þat þe Emp(er)o(ur) had assembled a gret poer as wel of Sarasines as of Payens and c(ri)stene men where of þe noumbr(e) was .xxiiij.m(l). of hors men and foote men. // Arthur and his peple ordeignede faste forþ in hire weye toward þe Emp(er)our and passede Normandye and ff(ra)unce. vnto Burgoigne and wolde euene haue gon to þe host: for men tolde him þat þ(e) Emp(er)ours host wolde come to Lucie // þe Emp(er)o(ur) and his host in þe biginninge of august remeuede fram Rome and come forþ right þe way to warde the ost // þo comen king Arthurs espies and sey de ȝif þat Arthur wolde he shulle fynde (þese) fast bisides þe Emp(er)our but þey saiden þat þe Emp(er)o(ur) hadde so gret poer wiþ him of kinges of þe lande and of paynes ifere and also c(ri)stene peple: þat it nere but gret folye to king Arthur for to mete(~) wiþ him. for þe espies tolde þat þe Emp(er)o(ur) had .v. men or sixe aȝens on of his // king Ar thur was bolde & hardy and for no þing him dismay ede. and saide gowe boldely in godis name aȝens the romayns þat wiþ ham ladde sarasin(es) and payny(~)s þat
transcription
seyn and herde // Arthur anon nome boþe wiþ him and wente p(ri)ueleche be nyghte þat non of his host it wiste and come on þe morwe erly to þe Geaunt and faught wiþ him strongly and at þe laste him slough. and Arthur bad Bedewere smyte of his heued and bringe it to þe host to shewe ham for a wond(er) for it was so gret and so huge // Whanne þey comen aȝen to þe host þey tolden wherfore þey hadde ben oute and sheweden to ham þe hede: and eu(er)y man was glad and ioyful. of þe worþy de- de þat king Arthur had done hire lord // And. Hoel was ful sorweful for his nece þat was so lost. and after whanne he hadde space he lete make a faire chapel of oure lady ouer Eleynes tumbe. How king Arthur ȝaf bataile to þe Emp(er)our in þe which bataile þe Emp(er)our was slayn. C.ao.xxiiij.vto. Arthur and his peple hadden tidynge þat þe Emp(er)o(ur) had assembled a gret poer as wel of Sarasines as of Payens and c(ri)stene men where of þe noumbr(e) was .xxiiij.m(l). of hors men and foote men. // Arthur and his peple ordeignede faste forþ in hire weye toward þe Emp(er)our and passede Normandye and ff(ra)unce. vnto Burgoigne and wolde euene haue gon to þe host: for men tolde him þat þ(e) Emp(er)ours host wolde come to Lucie // þe Emp(er)o(ur) and his host in þe biginninge of august remeuede fram Rome and come forþ right þe way to warde the ost // þo comen king Arthurs espies and sey de ȝif þat Arthur wolde he shulle fynde (þese) fast bisides þe Emp(er)our but þey saiden þat þe Emp(er)o(ur) hadde so gret poer wiþ him of kinges of þe lande and of paynes ifere and also c(ri)stene peple: þat it nere but gret folye to king Arthur for to mete(~) wiþ him. for þe espies tolde þat þe Emp(er)o(ur) had .v. men or sixe aȝens on of his // king Ar thur was bolde & hardy and for no þing him dismay ede. and saide gowe boldely in godis name aȝens the romayns þat wiþ ham ladde sarasin(es) and payny(~)s þat
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
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Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
subject
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
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Subject:
Great Britain--History
subject
Great Britain--History
Subject
false
Subject:
Arthurian romances
subject
Arthurian romances
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England
subject
Chronicles of England
Subject
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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:
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
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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:
access_rights
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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
false
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:
410
multi_page_number
410
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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