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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925121dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 103
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
R15385
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Offa and King Osebright
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King Offa and King Osebright
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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:
45r
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Image Sequence Number:
045r
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Description:
King Offa reigns, and there is much fighting between the kings in the land. King Alfred's Chronicles are written and kept safe at Wynchestre (Winchester). Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of King Osebright of Northumberland, and how he rapes Buerne's wife. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
King Offa reigns, and there is much fighting between the kings in the land. King Alfred's Chronicles are written and kept safe at Wynchestre (Winchester). Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of King Osebright of Northumberland, and how he rapes Buerne's wife. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
þat was sent Oswaldes broþ(er). þis Ossa conquerede alle þe kin- ges of þe lande and regnede a boue ham alle // And so gret was þe werre in eu(er)y cuntre bituene kinges þat noman mighte wyte how þe lande wente But Abbotes. P(ri)ours. and men of religiou(~) writen þe lyfes and þe dedes of kinges and how lon- ge eu(er)ich regned had: and in what cuntre and in what man(er)e eu(er)ich king deide. and of Bisshoppes also: and þ(er)of þey made grete bookes and lete calle ham þe Cronicles and þe good king Alured had þat book in his warde and lete bringe it to Wyn- chestr and lete it faste ben takked to a piler þat men mighte nought remeue ne bere it þennes so þat eu(er)y ma(~) mighte it see and þ(er)oppon loke for þ(er)inne beþ þe lifes of alle þe kinges þat eu(er)e were in Engelond How þe king of Northumber land Osbright forlay þe wyf of Buerne Bocard þorugh strengthe. and aftir þis Buerne conquerede þe king with [...] poer and strengthe Capo.Cmo.iijo. And thus it bifel in þ(e) [...] same tyme þat þer was a king in Northumberland þat me callede. Osbright and soiournede in ȝork and þis king wente him vppon a day in to a woode him for to des- porte: and whanne he come aȝen he wente p(ri)uyly into a good mannes house þat me callede Buerne and þe goode man of þe place was gon þat time to þe see. for often times he was woned þere aspie and awaite þefes and robbours þat often times were wonede .come in to þe londe to robby and brenne and slee // þe lady þat was þis Buernes wif was a wonder fair woma(~) and welcomed þe king with muchel hono(ur) and worthily him seruede in al þing // whan þe king had eten he nome þe lady by þe hond and ladde hire in to chambr and seyde þat he wolde speke wiþ hire a counceil. and al þe folc fram þe chambre he made voyde. sauf only þe lady and he but þe lady wiste nouȝt/ wherfore he it dede til þat he had done wiþ hire his wille. and whan he had done þis dede. he turnede aȝen to ȝork And þe lady he lefte þere wonde(er) sore wepynge for þe dede þat he had
transcription
þat was sent Oswaldes broþ(er). þis Ossa conquerede alle þe kin- ges of þe lande and regnede a boue ham alle // And so gret was þe werre in eu(er)y cuntre bituene kinges þat noman mighte wyte how þe lande wente But Abbotes. P(ri)ours. and men of religiou(~) writen þe lyfes and þe dedes of kinges and how lon- ge eu(er)ich regned had: and in what cuntre and in what man(er)e eu(er)ich king deide. and of Bisshoppes also: and þ(er)of þey made grete bookes and lete calle ham þe Cronicles and þe good king Alured had þat book in his warde and lete bringe it to Wyn- chestr and lete it faste ben takked to a piler þat men mighte nought remeue ne bere it þennes so þat eu(er)y ma(~) mighte it see and þ(er)oppon loke for þ(er)inne beþ þe lifes of alle þe kinges þat eu(er)e were in Engelond How þe king of Northumber land Osbright forlay þe wyf of Buerne Bocard þorugh strengthe. and aftir þis Buerne conquerede þe king with [...] poer and strengthe Capo.Cmo.iijo. And thus it bifel in þ(e) [...] same tyme þat þer was a king in Northumberland þat me callede. Osbright and soiournede in ȝork and þis king wente him vppon a day in to a woode him for to des- porte: and whanne he come aȝen he wente p(ri)uyly into a good mannes house þat me callede Buerne and þe goode man of þe place was gon þat time to þe see. for often times he was woned þere aspie and awaite þefes and robbours þat often times were wonede .come in to þe londe to robby and brenne and slee // þe lady þat was þis Buernes wif was a wonder fair woma(~) and welcomed þe king with muchel hono(ur) and worthily him seruede in al þing // whan þe king had eten he nome þe lady by þe hond and ladde hire in to chambr and seyde þat he wolde speke wiþ hire a counceil. and al þe folc fram þe chambre he made voyde. sauf only þe lady and he but þe lady wiste nouȝt/ wherfore he it dede til þat he had done wiþ hire his wille. and whan he had done þis dede. he turnede aȝen to ȝork And þe lady he lefte þere wonde(er) sore wepynge for þe dede þat he had
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Great Britain--History
subject
Great Britain--History
Subject
false
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
subject
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
false
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
sub_category
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:
500 - 1000 CE
time_period_covered
500 - 1000 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
places_covered
England
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Offa, King of the Mercians, -796
people_covered
Offa, King of the Mercians, -796
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
false
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>
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
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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:
495
multi_page_number
495
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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