Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Alfred and the Danes
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Image Number:
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JRL0925127dc
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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 Alfred and the Danes
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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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48r
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Image Sequence Number:
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048r
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Description:
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The tale of how King Alfred battles with the Danes, and of the deaths of Hubba and Hungar (Hinguar), and also of Buerne Bocard. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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þe toun and þ(er)e helde ham // whanne king Alured herde þe tidinge: anon he lete take þe hostages and wente fram þenne(s) to Excestr(e) wiþ al þe poer þat he had // And whanne þe Da- noys herd telle of his comynge þey wente fro þennes forþ in to Westsex and comen to Chippenh(a)m and þ(er)e þey deden muche harme in þe cuntre. þey robled folc and brought ham in pri- soun // þe king Alured ham pursuede and come vppon ham and fersleche ham assailede and þ(er)e wer slayne boþ(e). Hubba and Hunguar his broþ(er) and Buerne bocard. and in þis batai- le was muche folc slayn. in o p(ar)tye and in þ(t) oþ(er). but þe gree of þe feld lefte w(t) þe danoys: for as moche as þe king þo come but litel compaignye // þe king hastede him as muche as he myghte for to wende aȝen. And whanne þe danoys foun- den Hubba. his body ligginge ded. þey enterede it and made vppon him a gret logge .and lete calle it. Hubbeslowe and so it is called in to þis day and þat place is in Deuenesshire. // þe barouns of Som(er)sete. Wiltesshire and. Dorsete. herde tolle how þat þe king was descomfited and ordeynede al þ(e) poer þat þey mighte haue and comen to þe king þere þat he was and þankede god þat þey had him founde alyue for þey wente þat þe danoys had him slayn // þo nome þey a counceil þe king and his barou(~)s þat þey wolde gon to seche þe danoys w(t) ham al for to fighten and so þey riden al þat nyght ham al for to seche and comen a morwe aboute p(ri)me to Abyngdou(~) þere þat þe danoys were // þe king þo Alured and his barou(~)s assemblede and þ(er)e assailede þe Danoys egreliche and þere ȝaue ham a st(ro)ng bataile þan eu(er)e he dede bifor(e) and þ(e) Danoys nobly pulte ha(~) of lo(~)g time þ(t) no ma(~) wist i(~) wheþer p(ar)tie more pe- ple was slayn // But þus it bifel as god wolde þat þ(e) king alured had þe victorie w(t) muchel hono(ur) for þe danoys were so dryuen. þat þey ne wiste whider for to turne. and .xv. day es þe king ham p(ur)suede at his wille þat glad and fayn þey were for to speken of pees and of accorde and token him goo de hostages and sayde þat þey nolde neu(er)more vppon him
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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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Handwriting
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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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People Covered:
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Alfred, King of England, 849-899
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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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525
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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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