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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925128dc
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JRL0925128dc
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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 and the Danes
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King Alfred and the Danes
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Alternative Image Title:
The death of King Alfred
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The death of King Alfred
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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]
Date Created
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Page:
48v
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48v
Page
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Image Sequence Number:
048v
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048v
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Description:
The tale of how King Alfred insists the Danish Kings be baptised at Westminster. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how the Danes who had gone into France with Gurmond return to England. The tale of the death of King Alfred, and how he was a good king, who authored many books about the kings of England. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The tale of how King Alfred insists the Danish Kings be baptised at Westminster. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how the Danes who had gone into France with Gurmond return to England. The tale of the death of King Alfred, and how he was a good king, who authored many books about the kings of England. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
for to werre ne no debate arrere // And more ouer þey bihighte to þe king Alured þat þey wolde gon and bringe hire owene king vnto him: and þat hire king and þey alle shulde ben baptiȝede and vppon þis condiciou(~) king Alured ham g(ra)untede lif and ly- me and saide to ham þat þey shulde gon hire king for to fecche(~) and at a certayn day to comen aȝen þat to ham was sette and so þey wente forth faste and comen aȝen at hire day þ(t) was assigned and alle þe Danoys brouȝte hire king with ham // þe king Alured anon lete ham ben baptiȝede and hire names chaunge. so þat þe king of danoys called was Athel ston. and. xxxti. of his felawes names were chaunged also. & þe oþ(er)e were baptiȝede to þe right bileue and al þis was done at Westmynstr(e). And aft(er) þat þe king Alured held w(t) him king Athulston(~) and alle his danoys .xij. dayes at soiourne with much solempnyte and ȝaf ham grete ȝiftes aft(er) þat þey wer(e) and so þey dep(ar)tede // þo was king Alured al at ese whan he had his enemys ou(er)come and þat þey were tornede to þe bileue of Almyghti god How þe Danoys þat comen in to ff(ra)unce w(t) Gurmond comen aȝen in to Engelonde and of þe deth of king [...] Alured Capitulo Centesimo nono. And þus it bifel [...] afterward þat þe Danoys of Northumb(er)land þat were paynymes comen wiþ a gret host of ff(ra)unce þat is to vnder stonde w(t) ham þat wente in to ff(ra)unce w(t) Gurmound and Au frik whan he had conq(ue)red Engelonde and it ȝaf vn to Saxo n(es) an þo þat come fro ff(ra)unce arryuede in kent and sente in to Northumbirlond þat þey shulde come to ham and whan ne þo .ij. hostes were come and assemblede. anon þey wente to dest(ro)ye þ(e) c(ri)stene peple of Engelond fram place vn to place and deden muche sorwe // Hit bifel þus as almighty god it wolde an harde chaunce in Engelonde. for þ(e) goode king Alu- rede þat was woned to abate þe danoys deyde in þ(e) mene tyme þis Alured regnede .xxxti. ȝer. and a good king had ben and wel couþe chastise his enemys for he was a good clerk and lete make menye bookes and o. book he made of englissh
transcription
for to werre ne no debate arrere // And more ouer þey bihighte to þe king Alured þat þey wolde gon and bringe hire owene king vnto him: and þat hire king and þey alle shulde ben baptiȝede and vppon þis condiciou(~) king Alured ham g(ra)untede lif and ly- me and saide to ham þat þey shulde gon hire king for to fecche(~) and at a certayn day to comen aȝen þat to ham was sette and so þey wente forth faste and comen aȝen at hire day þ(t) was assigned and alle þe Danoys brouȝte hire king with ham // þe king Alured anon lete ham ben baptiȝede and hire names chaunge. so þat þe king of danoys called was Athel ston. and. xxxti. of his felawes names were chaunged also. & þe oþ(er)e were baptiȝede to þe right bileue and al þis was done at Westmynstr(e). And aft(er) þat þe king Alured held w(t) him king Athulston(~) and alle his danoys .xij. dayes at soiourne with much solempnyte and ȝaf ham grete ȝiftes aft(er) þat þey wer(e) and so þey dep(ar)tede // þo was king Alured al at ese whan he had his enemys ou(er)come and þat þey were tornede to þe bileue of Almyghti god How þe Danoys þat comen in to ff(ra)unce w(t) Gurmond comen aȝen in to Engelonde and of þe deth of king [...] Alured Capitulo Centesimo nono. And þus it bifel [...] afterward þat þe Danoys of Northumb(er)land þat were paynymes comen wiþ a gret host of ff(ra)unce þat is to vnder stonde w(t) ham þat wente in to ff(ra)unce w(t) Gurmound and Au frik whan he had conq(ue)red Engelonde and it ȝaf vn to Saxo n(es) an þo þat come fro ff(ra)unce arryuede in kent and sente in to Northumbirlond þat þey shulde come to ham and whan ne þo .ij. hostes were come and assemblede. anon þey wente to dest(ro)ye þ(e) c(ri)stene peple of Engelond fram place vn to place and deden muche sorwe // Hit bifel þus as almighty god it wolde an harde chaunce in Engelonde. for þ(e) goode king Alu- rede þat was woned to abate þe danoys deyde in þ(e) mene tyme þis Alured regnede .xxxti. ȝer. and a good king had ben and wel couþe chastise his enemys for he was a good clerk and lete make menye bookes and o. book he made of englissh
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Great Britain--History
subject
Great Britain--History
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
subject
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England
subject
Chronicles of England
Subject
false
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
false
Item Width:
183 mm
item_width
183 mm
Item Width
false
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
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Access Rights:
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:
530
multi_page_number
530
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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