COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925108dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Arthur and Mordred
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
38v
Image Sequence Number:
038v
Description:
The tale of how King Arthur follows Mordred into Cornwall and slays him. How Gunnore (Guinevere) retreats in shame to Kerlioun. A subsequent hand has corrected the word 'þat' on line 14. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
nevew slayn. and Anguissel þat helde Scotland. and many oþ(er)e wher of king Arthour was ful sory But after þat þe were comen to londe Mordred mighte nouȝt aȝens him endure. but anon was descomfited and fledde þennes þe same nyȝt with his men. and vppon þe morne come to Londou(~): but þo of þe citee wolden nouȝt soffren him comen Jn. and fram þen- nes he fledde to Wynchestr and þ(er)e he held him w(t) his pe- ple þat wiþ him comen // king Arthur lete take þe body of Gaweyn his cosyn and þe body of. anguissel. and lete ham be bore in to Scotland in to hire owene cuntre and þ(er)e þey were enterede // And aft(er) anon king Arthur nome his wey to destroye Mordred. and he fledde fro þennes in to Corne- waile // The Quene Gunmore that was king Arthures wif þat þo soiournede at ȝork and herde þa(t) Mordred was fled þennes and mighte nought endure aȝens king Artho(ur) she was sore adrad and hadde gret doute. and wiste nouȝt what was best for to done. for she wiste wel þat hire lord king Arthur wolde neu(er)e of hire haue m(er)cy for þe grete sha me that she to him had done and nome hire way p(ri)uely wiþ foure men wiþoute mo. and come to Kerlyoun(~) and þ(er)e nome and þ(er)e she duellede al hire lif þat neu(er) was seyn among(es) folc hire lif durynge // Arthur wiste þ(t) Mordred was fled in to Cornewaile and lete sende aft(er) his men in to Scotland and Northumb(er)land. vnto Humber and lete assemble folc wiþoute noumbr and come(~) fro þennes in to Cornewayle to seche and pursue after Mordred and Mordred had assembled to him al þe folc of Cornewaile. and hadde peple wiþouten noumbr and wiste þat Arth(ur). was comyng and had leuere to dye and take his chaunce þan leng(er) fle and abode and ȝaf an harde bataile to king Arthur and to his peple so þat so muche peple was slayn what in þat on half and in þat oþ(er). þat no man wiste who had þe bettere partye // But so it bifel at þe laste þat Mordred was slayn. and al his folc and al þe good chiualrie þat
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:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Arthur, King
People Covered:
Guinevere, Queen (Legendary character)
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:
430
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 Mordred
