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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925125dc
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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:
Saint Edmund's martyrdom
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Saint Edmund's martyrdom
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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:
47r
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Page
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Image Sequence Number:
047r
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047r
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Description:
The tale of the martyrdom of Saint Edmund. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how Hubba and Hungar (Hinguar) take the town of Reading (Redyng), and then do battle with Kings Elfride and Edelf, and King Eldrede and his brother Alvred (Alfred). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The tale of the martyrdom of Saint Edmund. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how Hubba and Hungar (Hinguar) take the town of Reading (Redyng), and then do battle with Kings Elfride and Edelf, and King Eldrede and his brother Alvred (Alfred). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
and wheþ(er) þat he shal askape or dye at gode(s) wille mote it be // Whenne sent Edmund had nempned god: by þat þey wisten alle þat it was he him self and anon. Hub- ba and Hungar nomen him and saide þat he shulde god forsake and alle cristene lawe as meny oþ(er)e had done þourgh ham biforne// And sent Edmund saide þat he nolde ne- uere but raþere he wolde soffre deþ for goddes loue and his lawes to kepe // þo nome þey king Edmund and bounde him vnto a tre and made hire archers to him shete wiþ arwes: til þat his body stikede as ful of arwes as a hirchoun is ful of prikkes: but for al þe payne þat he had. he wolde neu(er)e god forsake. and in þe same py- ne and turment he deide and bitoke his soule to al- mighty god and whanne þey sawe þ(t) he was ded: þey smyten of his heued and in þis manere was sent Ed mund y martred How Hubba. and Hunguar toke þe toun of Redynge. Capitulo. Centesimo Sexto. Whanne sent Edmund was martred. Hunguar. and Hubba. wente þennes with alle hire Danoys vn to Redyng. and as þey wente þiderward: þey brende toune(s) and citees and quelden alle c(ri)stene peple þat wolde noȝt god forsake and caste a doun chirches and comyn to Redyn- ge and token þe toun and þere helde ham til þat þe king Edelf of Westsex come þider w(t) al his poer for to take þe toun(~) // þo comen out þe Danoys for to ȝeue bataile to king Edelf. and at þat bataile was queld þe Erl of Da noys þat me callede Cydrak // vppon þe morwe come þe king Eldred and his broþ(er) Alured wiþ a st(ro)ng poer. and a gret host. and þe king Edelf come aȝen þat þat hadde foughten þ(e) day bifore to þ(t) bataile and þe Danoys þo co- men out for to fighte w(t) ham. and þe bataile was won- der st(ro)ng for many a man was þere slayn. and þ(e) Danoys þat day had þe victorie and þe king Eldred and his broþ(er) Alured þat day were descomfited but þe fourtenþ(e)
transcription
and wheþ(er) þat he shal askape or dye at gode(s) wille mote it be // Whenne sent Edmund had nempned god: by þat þey wisten alle þat it was he him self and anon. Hub- ba and Hungar nomen him and saide þat he shulde god forsake and alle cristene lawe as meny oþ(er)e had done þourgh ham biforne// And sent Edmund saide þat he nolde ne- uere but raþere he wolde soffre deþ for goddes loue and his lawes to kepe // þo nome þey king Edmund and bounde him vnto a tre and made hire archers to him shete wiþ arwes: til þat his body stikede as ful of arwes as a hirchoun is ful of prikkes: but for al þe payne þat he had. he wolde neu(er)e god forsake. and in þe same py- ne and turment he deide and bitoke his soule to al- mighty god and whanne þey sawe þ(t) he was ded: þey smyten of his heued and in þis manere was sent Ed mund y martred How Hubba. and Hunguar toke þe toun of Redynge. Capitulo. Centesimo Sexto. Whanne sent Edmund was martred. Hunguar. and Hubba. wente þennes with alle hire Danoys vn to Redyng. and as þey wente þiderward: þey brende toune(s) and citees and quelden alle c(ri)stene peple þat wolde noȝt god forsake and caste a doun chirches and comyn to Redyn- ge and token þe toun and þere helde ham til þat þe king Edelf of Westsex come þider w(t) al his poer for to take þe toun(~) // þo comen out þe Danoys for to ȝeue bataile to king Edelf. and at þat bataile was queld þe Erl of Da noys þat me callede Cydrak // vppon þe morwe come þe king Eldred and his broþ(er) Alured wiþ a st(ro)ng poer. and a gret host. and þe king Edelf come aȝen þat þat hadde foughten þ(e) day bifore to þ(t) bataile and þe Danoys þo co- men out for to fighte w(t) ham. and þe bataile was won- der st(ro)ng for many a man was þere slayn. and þ(e) Danoys þat day had þe victorie and þe king Eldred and his broþ(er) Alured þat day were descomfited but þe fourtenþ(e)
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
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Sub-Category:
Codex
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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:
Alfred, King of England, 849-899
people_covered
Alfred, King of England, 849-899
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Edmund, King of East Anglia, 841-870
people_covered
Edmund, King of East Anglia, 841-870
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
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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
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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
false
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:
515
multi_page_number
515
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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