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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925114dc
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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:
England's seven kings
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England's seven kings
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Alternative Image Title:
Pope Gregory and Saint Austin
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Pope Gregory and Saint Austin
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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:
41v
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41v
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Image Sequence Number:
041v
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Description:
The tale of how Engelond (England) is divided into seven shires with seven kings. How Pope Gregory sends Saint Austyn (Austin) to Christianise the English. Red rubrication introduces the tale of how Saint Austyn baptises King Adelbright (Ethelbert). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The tale of how Engelond (England) is divided into seven shires with seven kings. How Pope Gregory sends Saint Austyn (Austin) to Christianise the English. Red rubrication introduces the tale of how Saint Austyn baptises King Adelbright (Ethelbert). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
gonne faste it inhabite at hir owne wille and þey wolde haue made newe kinges and lordes. but þey mighte neu(er)e assenten to haue onleche o king for to ben to him entendau(~)t and þ(er)fore þey maden manye kinges in diu(er)se shires. as it was in Engestes time // þe ferste kingdome was kent & þat oþ(er) Southsex and þe þridde. Westsex. and þe ferþ(e) Essex. and þe fifthe. Northumberlond and þe sixþe Estangle þ(t) is to sayne. Northfolc. and. Southfolc. and þe seueneþe Mer- chenoroth. and þat is þe Erldome of Nichole. Huntyngdon Herforde. Gloucestr. Wynchestr. Warwyk and Derby and so departede þe englisshe al Engelonde in to vij. partes. And aft(er) þat it bifel þat þo kinges werrede ofte times to gedre and eu(er) he þat was strengest binome him þ(t) was feblest and so it was long time þat þey nadde no king crouned amonges ham ne no c(ri)stene ma(~) was þo among(es) ham ne c(ri)stendome noþ(er). but were paynymes .l. ȝere til þat sent Gregory was pope of Rome þat had seyn children of þe naciou(~) in þe cite of Rome þat were wonder faire creatu- res and hadde grete wille and desire ham for to biholde and axede of þe Marchauntȝ whennes þey were and of what nacioun(~). and men tolde him(~) þat þey were of Engelond & Englissh þey weren callede. but þey and al þe peple of En- gelonde were paynymes and bilueden nouȝt vppon god Allas quod sent Gregory wel mowen þey ben callede Englisshe for þey haueþ þe visage of aungel and þ(er)fore wel auȝte þey þanne ben cristene. and for þis enchesoun(~) sent Gregory sente Sent Austyn in to Engelond. and. xl. goo- de men wiþ him þat were of good lyf and holy men to preche and teche and to conu(er)te þe Englisshe peple and ham turnede to god. and þat was in þe .vje. ȝere þat se(~)t Gregory had ben pope þat is to seyn aft(er) þe Jncarnaciou(~) of oure lord ihu(~) crist. v. C.xxiiij. vij ȝer as þe Cronicles telleþ. How sent Austyn baptisede and conu(er)tede Adel bright and .ij. bisshopes þat he made his felawes .Co. xxiiij xvijo.
transcription
gonne faste it inhabite at hir owne wille and þey wolde haue made newe kinges and lordes. but þey mighte neu(er)e assenten to haue onleche o king for to ben to him entendau(~)t and þ(er)fore þey maden manye kinges in diu(er)se shires. as it was in Engestes time // þe ferste kingdome was kent & þat oþ(er) Southsex and þe þridde. Westsex. and þe ferþ(e) Essex. and þe fifthe. Northumberlond and þe sixþe Estangle þ(t) is to sayne. Northfolc. and. Southfolc. and þe seueneþe Mer- chenoroth. and þat is þe Erldome of Nichole. Huntyngdon Herforde. Gloucestr. Wynchestr. Warwyk and Derby and so departede þe englisshe al Engelonde in to vij. partes. And aft(er) þat it bifel þat þo kinges werrede ofte times to gedre and eu(er) he þat was strengest binome him þ(t) was feblest and so it was long time þat þey nadde no king crouned amonges ham ne no c(ri)stene ma(~) was þo among(es) ham ne c(ri)stendome noþ(er). but were paynymes .l. ȝere til þat sent Gregory was pope of Rome þat had seyn children of þe naciou(~) in þe cite of Rome þat were wonder faire creatu- res and hadde grete wille and desire ham for to biholde and axede of þe Marchauntȝ whennes þey were and of what nacioun(~). and men tolde him(~) þat þey were of Engelond & Englissh þey weren callede. but þey and al þe peple of En- gelonde were paynymes and bilueden nouȝt vppon god Allas quod sent Gregory wel mowen þey ben callede Englisshe for þey haueþ þe visage of aungel and þ(er)fore wel auȝte þey þanne ben cristene. and for þis enchesoun(~) sent Gregory sente Sent Austyn in to Engelond. and. xl. goo- de men wiþ him þat were of good lyf and holy men to preche and teche and to conu(er)te þe Englisshe peple and ham turnede to god. and þat was in þe .vje. ȝere þat se(~)t Gregory had ben pope þat is to seyn aft(er) þe Jncarnaciou(~) of oure lord ihu(~) crist. v. C.xxiiij. vij ȝer as þe Cronicles telleþ. How sent Austyn baptisede and conu(er)tede Adel bright and .ij. bisshopes þat he made his felawes .Co. xxiiij xvijo.
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
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enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Great Britain--History
subject
Great Britain--History
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
subject
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England
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Chronicles of England
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
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Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
support
Vellum
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
500 - 1000 CE
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500 - 1000 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
places_covered
England
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
people_covered
Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604
People Covered
false
Item Height:
278 mm
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278 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
183 mm
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183 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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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
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>
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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
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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:
460
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460
Multi Page Number
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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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