Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Adelbright and Saint Austyn
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Image Number:
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JRL0925115dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
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R15385
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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King Adelbright and Saint Austyn
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
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42r
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Image Sequence Number:
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042r
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Description:
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An illuminated initial 'W' introduces the tale of how King Adelbright (Ethelbert) is converted to Christianity, how many of the English are also converted, and how two bishops are ordained. There is an ink annotation 'Cecyl' at the top of the folio. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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Whanne sent Austyn come ferst in to Engelond he arry- uede in þe Jle of Tenet and so passede forth and come vnto kaunt(er)bery and þere soiournede and king Adelbright of kent þat was of þe lynage of Engist faire vndirfenge sent Austyn and his felawes wiþ muchel hono(ur). and ham fonde al þat ham neded and ferþ(er)more he ȝaf ham a fair place þat nowe is called þe Abbey of sent Austines in which place he lith him self shryned // þis king Adelbright was a good ma(~) and wiþ good wille herde sent Austines predi- caciouns and ȝaf him leue to preche þorugh al his londe of kent to turne and to conu(er)te to him al þe peple that he mighte // Jt fel so afterward þorugh goddes grace þ(t) in(~) litel tyme þe king him self was conu(er)ted to god and al his peple of his lande was baptiȝed. And in þe mene tyme while þe peple turnede ham to god : sent Austyn com to Rouchestr and þ(er)e p(re)chede godes word:- þe paynymes þ(er)fore him scornede and caste on him righe tailes and for more despite þey casten vppon him þe guttes of righe and of fissh wherfore þe goode man sent Austyn was sore annoyed & greued and prayede to god þat alle þe children þat shulde ben born afterward in þat citee of Rouchestr moste haue tailes // And whanne þe king herde and wiste of þis ven- geaunce þat was falle þorugh sent Austynes prayer: he lete make an hous in hono(ur) of god where in wymmen shulde haue children at þe bruges ende in which hous wymmen ȝit of þe citee beþ delyu(er)ed of childe // Whenne sent Gregory had herd telle how þe englisshe men were turned to god and conu(er)tede: he sente to sent Austyn his pallioun(~) by a Bisshop þat me callede Paulyn and made him p(ri)mat and Erchebisshop of al Engelond and/sente worde þat he þanne shulde ordeigne and make bisshopes in þe lande and anon as sent Austyn hadde þ(e) pallioun(~) of þe dignite of þe Erchebisshop he made .ij. bisshopes of his felawes þat comen wiþ him fram rome. on þat me callede
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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500 - 1000 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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278 mm
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Item Width:
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183 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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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)
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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-22
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Multi Page Number:
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465
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2010-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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