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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925132dc
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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 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:
50v
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50v
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Image Sequence Number:
050v
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050v
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Description:
Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' T ' introduce the tale of how King Edgar discovers Edelwold's deceit, and how he meets Estrilde and falls in love with her. The text ends imperfectly at the bottom of the folio at 'hertes'. 'Gret plente' is added at the bottom of the folio. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' T ' introduce the tale of how King Edgar discovers Edelwold's deceit, and how he meets Estrilde and falls in love with her. The text ends imperfectly at the bottom of the folio at 'hertes'. 'Gret plente' is added at the bottom of the folio. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
// And whanne þis was done: he þouȝte þat he was siker ynow of þe king. for bifore þat tyme þis Edelwold had drede lest þe king Edgar wolde haue taken his wyf for as muche as his lord was a joly man and an amerous. How þat king Ed gar weddede Estrilde after þe deth of Edelwold Co. Cmo. xiijmo. Thus it bifel þat alle men in king Edgar(es) court þo spe- ken and saide þat Edelwold was richely auaunced þorugh þe maraige þat he had by his wyf. and ȝet þey say- den he was au(au)nced an hundredfold more. for he has spoused þe fairest wom(~)an þat eu(er)e was seyn. and whanne þ(e) king herde speke so muche of hire beaute: he þoughte þo þat Edel- wolde. had him desceyued and bigyled: and þoughte p(ri)ue leche in his herte þat he wolde gon in to Deuenisshire as it were for to hunt for hert and hynde and oþ(er) wilde best(es) and þanne he shulde se þ(er)e þe lady or he dep(ar)tede þennes. // And þis lady was duellynge at a manere bisides þe forest þere þat þe king wolde hunt and at þat maneere herbug hed al nyght. And whanne tyme come þat þe king shulde soupe and þe sonne shoon þe king axede aft(er) his gossib and aft(er) his godsone: and Edelwold made hire come bifore þe king. And noþeles yf it oþ(er) might haue been: she shulde nouȝt haue come in his sight by his wille // The lady welcomede þe king so swetely him kiste: and he name hire þe hande and þo next by him here sette. and so soupede þey togidre // And þo was a custome an an vsage þat whan o. man dronk vnto anoþ(er): þe drinker shulde seye. watsaile. and þ(t) oþer shulde ansuere. Drinke hail. and þus dede þe king and þe lady menye times and also kiste // And aft(er) souper whan tyme was to gon to bed þe king wente vnto his bed hertyly þenkynge vppon þe ladies fairnesse. and þo was ou(er)come for hire loue þat him þoughte he shulde dye but of hire his wille he hadde // Oppon þe morne þe king aros and into þe forest wente him þere to desporte w(t) her- tes and hyndes and alle oþ(er)e wilde bestes and of þe hertes
transcription
// And whanne þis was done: he þouȝte þat he was siker ynow of þe king. for bifore þat tyme þis Edelwold had drede lest þe king Edgar wolde haue taken his wyf for as muche as his lord was a joly man and an amerous. How þat king Ed gar weddede Estrilde after þe deth of Edelwold Co. Cmo. xiijmo. Thus it bifel þat alle men in king Edgar(es) court þo spe- ken and saide þat Edelwold was richely auaunced þorugh þe maraige þat he had by his wyf. and ȝet þey say- den he was au(au)nced an hundredfold more. for he has spoused þe fairest wom(~)an þat eu(er)e was seyn. and whanne þ(e) king herde speke so muche of hire beaute: he þoughte þo þat Edel- wolde. had him desceyued and bigyled: and þoughte p(ri)ue leche in his herte þat he wolde gon in to Deuenisshire as it were for to hunt for hert and hynde and oþ(er) wilde best(es) and þanne he shulde se þ(er)e þe lady or he dep(ar)tede þennes. // And þis lady was duellynge at a manere bisides þe forest þere þat þe king wolde hunt and at þat maneere herbug hed al nyght. And whanne tyme come þat þe king shulde soupe and þe sonne shoon þe king axede aft(er) his gossib and aft(er) his godsone: and Edelwold made hire come bifore þe king. And noþeles yf it oþ(er) might haue been: she shulde nouȝt haue come in his sight by his wille // The lady welcomede þe king so swetely him kiste: and he name hire þe hande and þo next by him here sette. and so soupede þey togidre // And þo was a custome an an vsage þat whan o. man dronk vnto anoþ(er): þe drinker shulde seye. watsaile. and þ(t) oþer shulde ansuere. Drinke hail. and þus dede þe king and þe lady menye times and also kiste // And aft(er) souper whan tyme was to gon to bed þe king wente vnto his bed hertyly þenkynge vppon þe ladies fairnesse. and þo was ou(er)come for hire loue þat him þoughte he shulde dye but of hire his wille he hadde // Oppon þe morne þe king aros and into þe forest wente him þere to desporte w(t) her- tes and hyndes and alle oþ(er)e wilde bestes and of þe hertes
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
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
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Sub-Category:
Codex
sub_category
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
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Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
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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:
Edgar, King of England, 943 or 4-975
people_covered
Edgar, King of England, 943 or 4-975
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.
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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
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
<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
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:
550
multi_page_number
550
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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