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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925126dc
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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 Alfred (Alvred) Dolphin (Dolfines)
image_title
King Alfred (Alvred) Dolphin (Dolfines)
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Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
parent_work_title
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:
47v
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47v
Page
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Image Sequence Number:
047v
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047v
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Description:
The tale of the death of King Eldred. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how King Alfred assembles a great host and defeats the Danes, who return to Denmark. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how Hubba and Hungar (Hinguar) were quelled at Chippenham. Line 12 scribal error: the first 'how' should be 'of'. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The tale of the death of King Eldred. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how King Alfred assembles a great host and defeats the Danes, who return to Denmark. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how Hubba and Hungar (Hinguar) were quelled at Chippenham. Line 12 scribal error: the first 'how' should be 'of'. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
day afterward. þe danes and þe englisshe men foughten to gidere anoþ(er)e tyme vppon Elkendenne and þere was slayn a king o Denmark þat was called Rasynge. and foure erls of gret power and þat day hadde danoys shame for þey were dryuen vnto Engelfeld and þe .xv. day aft(er) þe danoys and þe Englisshe men foughten anoþ(er) tyme at Rasynge and þere were þe englisshe men descomfited. and fram þennes a danoys þat me callede Roynt wento to Redy(~)g with host and destroyede al þat he myghte take. and king El dred fought with him: but he was wounded so wherfore he was ded and he nadde regned but .v. ȝere and lith at Won burne How king Alured and how þe Danoys in his time prayede him of mercy þat þey moste gon out of þe londe Co [...] // Co vijo. After þe deþ of þis Eldred regned his broþ(er) Alu- red þat Dolfines. was called. þo wente þe danoys and assemblede ham and wente for to seche Alured þat þo was þe newe king of Southsex and þ(er)e þey founden him at Wiltou(~) with a litel peple and noþeles he faught wiþ ham. but at þe laste he fledde þennes fram þe felde and wente vnto Westsex and ordeignede so muche peple of his owene reaume and also of oþer so til þat he had a strong host: so þat þe Danoys had no power aȝens him to stonde. And he come to London with his host and þ(er)e were þe danoys soio(ur)nede and þere wolde haue foughten with ham. but þe danoys ne dorste nouȝt with him to fighte. but preyede him of pees and þat þey moste gon a- ȝen into hire owene cuntre and neu(er)more in to Engelond for to come aȝen eny harme to done. and vppon þis couenaunt þey shulde ȝeue him to plegge goode hostages and suche as þe Englisshe men wolde axen. How Hubba and Hunguar were quelde at Chippenham and how þe danoys broughte here king vnto oure king. Capitulo Centisimo Octauo And þe same day þat þe Danoys dep(ar)tede fram Londou(~) so faste þey ryden boþe nyght and day and neu(er)e tok reste of goynge. til þat þey comen vnto Excestr(e) and token
transcription
day afterward. þe danes and þe englisshe men foughten to gidere anoþ(er)e tyme vppon Elkendenne and þere was slayn a king o Denmark þat was called Rasynge. and foure erls of gret power and þat day hadde danoys shame for þey were dryuen vnto Engelfeld and þe .xv. day aft(er) þe danoys and þe Englisshe men foughten anoþ(er) tyme at Rasynge and þere were þe englisshe men descomfited. and fram þennes a danoys þat me callede Roynt wento to Redy(~)g with host and destroyede al þat he myghte take. and king El dred fought with him: but he was wounded so wherfore he was ded and he nadde regned but .v. ȝere and lith at Won burne How king Alured and how þe Danoys in his time prayede him of mercy þat þey moste gon out of þe londe Co [...] // Co vijo. After þe deþ of þis Eldred regned his broþ(er) Alu- red þat Dolfines. was called. þo wente þe danoys and assemblede ham and wente for to seche Alured þat þo was þe newe king of Southsex and þ(er)e þey founden him at Wiltou(~) with a litel peple and noþeles he faught wiþ ham. but at þe laste he fledde þennes fram þe felde and wente vnto Westsex and ordeignede so muche peple of his owene reaume and also of oþer so til þat he had a strong host: so þat þe Danoys had no power aȝens him to stonde. And he come to London with his host and þ(er)e were þe danoys soio(ur)nede and þere wolde haue foughten with ham. but þe danoys ne dorste nouȝt with him to fighte. but preyede him of pees and þat þey moste gon a- ȝen into hire owene cuntre and neu(er)more in to Engelond for to come aȝen eny harme to done. and vppon þis couenaunt þey shulde ȝeue him to plegge goode hostages and suche as þe Englisshe men wolde axen. How Hubba and Hunguar were quelde at Chippenham and how þe danoys broughte here king vnto oure king. Capitulo Centisimo Octauo And þe same day þat þe Danoys dep(ar)tede fram Londou(~) so faste þey ryden boþe nyght and day and neu(er)e tok reste of goynge. til þat þey comen vnto Excestr(e) and token
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
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Subject:
Chronicles of England
subject
Chronicles of England
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category_of_material
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:
Alfred, King of England, 849-899
people_covered
Alfred, King of England, 849-899
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
rights_holder___image
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
rights_holder___work
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
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:
520
multi_page_number
520
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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