COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925106dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Arthur & the Romans
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
37v
Image Sequence Number:
037v
Description:
An illuminated initial 'W' introduces the the tale of how King Arthur buries his slain knights. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of Mordred the traitor. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
Whanne þe Romayns wiste þat þe Emp(er)o(ur) was ded þey for soke þe feld and þe paynymes also and king Arthour aft(er) ham chacede til it was nyght and so meny of ham quelde þat it was wonder to telle and þo turnede king Arthur aȝen þo it was night and þankede almigthy god of his victorye and in þe morne he lete loke and seke al þe felde for his knigh- tes þat he hadde þere lost þat is to seyn Borel erl of Maans Bedewer. and. key. and lygers. Erl of Boloigne. Vrgeti erl of Baat. Aloth. erl of Wynchestr. Cursale. erl of Chestre and after Holdem. Erl of fflaundres. þese were þe grete lordes þat king Arthure loste in þat bataile. amonges oþe(er)e worthy knyghtes and somme he lete entere in Abbeys by þ(e) cuntre an some he lete be borne in to hire owene cuntre. and þe Emperours body he lete take and pulte vppon a bere and sent it to Rome. and sente to say to Romayns þat as for Britaigne and ff(ra)unce whiche þat he helde oþer truage he wolde non paie. and yf þey axeden him ony oþ(er)e tru- ages: right suche truages he wolde ham paie // þe king Arthur lete bere key to keuen his owen castel and þ(er)e he was entered an. Ligers was borne to Boloigne þ(er)e þat he was lord. and Holden was borne to fflaundres. and þere he was entered. and alle þe oþ(er)e he lete entere wiþ muchel honour in Abbeys and in hous of religiou(~) in þe cuntre þere þat þey were dede // And Arthur him self soiournede þat same ȝere in Burgoigne. wiþ his host and þoughte þe same ȝere folwynge passe þe mount of Joye and ha- ue gon to Rome al for to take þe citee and haue pult þe Romayns in subiectioun(~). but þe wikkede tyraunt Mor- dred him lette as after ȝe shal here How Mordrede þe traytour to wham king Arthur toke his lande to kepe and his castell and helde it aȝens him. Capo. xxiiij. vijo. Whanne Arthur þe king had taken to Mordred his reaume to kepe and was gon aȝens þe Emp(er)our of Rome and was passed þe see: Mordrede anon toke homag(es)
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Arthurian romances
Subject:
Chronicles of England
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:
Arthur, King
People Covered:
Mordred (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:
420
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 & the Romans
