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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925131dc
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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:
King Edgar and Edelwold
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King Edgar and Edelwold
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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:
50r
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Image Sequence Number:
050r
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050r
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Description:
The tale of how King Edgar sends a knight, Edelwold, to ascertain the truth about stories of the fairness of Estrilde, whom he wants to wed. How Edelwold deceives the King and marries Estrilde himself, and how when he confesses his trick to her, she loves him no more. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The tale of how King Edgar sends a knight, Edelwold, to ascertain the truth about stories of the fairness of Estrilde, whom he wants to wed. How Edelwold deceives the King and marries Estrilde himself, and how when he confesses his trick to her, she loves him no more. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
Edwardes mooder and entered: he herde speke of þ(e) fairnes of Estrilde þat was Orgar(es) douȝt(er) a Baroun(~) of Deuenesshir(e) þat was so fayr a woman þat alle me(~) speken þ(er)of. he cal- lede on of his knyghtes þat he muche louede and triste vp on and tolde him. Go quod he to þe noble Barou(~) Orgare of Deuenesshire and se yf his doughter be so faire as men speken of and yf it be soth: y wele haue hire vnto my wyf // þis knyȝt þat me callede Edelwold wente forþ his way and come þere þ(t) þe lady þo was: and whanne he saugh hire so fair he þoughte haue hire him self to wyf and þ(er)of spak to Orgar hire fader // And Orgar was an old man and had no mo children but hire one. and saugh þat Edelwold was a fair ȝong knyght and worþy and riche and was wel w(t) þe kyng and þoughte his doughter shulde wel be maried & wel biset oppon him and g(ra)untede him his dought(er) ȝif þat good lord þe king wolde consente þ(er)to // þis Edelwolde come aȝen vnto þe king and tolde hy(~) þat she was fair ynough vppon to see. but of body she was wonder lothly // þo ansuerde þe king and sayde þat he took of hire litel charge // Sire quod Edelwold þo she is hire fadres heire and J am nought riche of landes and ȝif ȝe wolde con- sente & g(ra)unte þ(t) J. moste hire haue. þanne shulde J be riche y nough. Jn godes name quod þe king J consente þ(er) to. Edelwold þankede þo muche þe king and wende aȝene in to Deueneshire and spousede þ(e) damysele and in þat cuntre he duelled And þus it bifel vppon a tyme þat he tolde his counceil and al þis þing vnto his wyf how and in what man(er)e he had bigiled his lord þe king þat wolde haue had hire to wif: and anon as she it wiste: she louede him neu(er) more aftirward as she had don bifore // þis lady conceyuede by him a sone and whanne time was þat þe childe shulde be borne. Edelwold come to þe king and p(ra)ye- de him to heue a sone of his at þe fontstou(~).þe king him g(ra)unted and lete calle him Edgar aft(er) his owene name
transcription
Edwardes mooder and entered: he herde speke of þ(e) fairnes of Estrilde þat was Orgar(es) douȝt(er) a Baroun(~) of Deuenesshir(e) þat was so fayr a woman þat alle me(~) speken þ(er)of. he cal- lede on of his knyghtes þat he muche louede and triste vp on and tolde him. Go quod he to þe noble Barou(~) Orgare of Deuenesshire and se yf his doughter be so faire as men speken of and yf it be soth: y wele haue hire vnto my wyf // þis knyȝt þat me callede Edelwold wente forþ his way and come þere þ(t) þe lady þo was: and whanne he saugh hire so fair he þoughte haue hire him self to wyf and þ(er)of spak to Orgar hire fader // And Orgar was an old man and had no mo children but hire one. and saugh þat Edelwold was a fair ȝong knyght and worþy and riche and was wel w(t) þe kyng and þoughte his doughter shulde wel be maried & wel biset oppon him and g(ra)untede him his dought(er) ȝif þat good lord þe king wolde consente þ(er)to // þis Edelwolde come aȝen vnto þe king and tolde hy(~) þat she was fair ynough vppon to see. but of body she was wonder lothly // þo ansuerde þe king and sayde þat he took of hire litel charge // Sire quod Edelwold þo she is hire fadres heire and J am nought riche of landes and ȝif ȝe wolde con- sente & g(ra)unte þ(t) J. moste hire haue. þanne shulde J be riche y nough. Jn godes name quod þe king J consente þ(er) to. Edelwold þankede þo muche þe king and wende aȝene in to Deueneshire and spousede þ(e) damysele and in þat cuntre he duelled And þus it bifel vppon a tyme þat he tolde his counceil and al þis þing vnto his wyf how and in what man(er)e he had bigiled his lord þe king þat wolde haue had hire to wif: and anon as she it wiste: she louede him neu(er) more aftirward as she had don bifore // þis lady conceyuede by him a sone and whanne time was þat þe childe shulde be borne. Edelwold come to þe king and p(ra)ye- de him to heue a sone of his at þe fontstou(~).þe king him g(ra)unted and lete calle him Edgar aft(er) his owene name
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
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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
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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:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
support
Vellum
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
500 - 1000 CE
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500 - 1000 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
places_covered
England
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Edgar, King of England, 943 or 4-975
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Edgar, King of England, 943 or 4-975
People Covered
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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.
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
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Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
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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:
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<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>
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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
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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
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
545
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545
Multi Page Number
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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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