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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925133dc
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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 Edmund
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King Edmund
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Alternative Image Title:
King Knoght (Cnut)
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King Knoght (Cnut)
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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:
51r
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51r
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Image Sequence Number:
051r
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Description:
The text begins imperfectly at the top of the folio at 'loued þat þey bicomen sworne breþeren'. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of King Edmund Ironside (Irensides) and how he is slain by the traitor Edrith. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The text begins imperfectly at the top of the folio at 'loued þat þey bicomen sworne breþeren'. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of King Edmund Ironside (Irensides) and how he is slain by the traitor Edrith. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
loued þat þey bicomen sworne breþ(er)en and so wel loueden to gideres as þey had ben breþeren geten of o body an o mo- der born. How king Edmund Jrensides traytrously was slayn þorugh a trayto(ur) þat me callede Edrith of Stratton Co. [...] // Co. xviijo. And after þo regnede king Edmund Jren [...] syde and knogh þe danoys. but þus it bifel aftirward and in þe same ȝere þat þey were accorded and so muche leueden togedre Wherfore a fals þeef traito(ur) had enuye vn to þe loue þat was bituene ham and frendshipe whos name was Edrith of Strattou(~) þat was a gret lord. þat was Edmund Jrensides man and of him held al þ(e) land þat he had // and noþeles he þouȝt his lord to bitraye & make Knoght king of þe land: in entent richely to haue ben auaunced and w(t) him ben wel biloued // Wherfore he prayde his lord Edmund . Jrensydes oppon a day w(t) him for to eten. and w(t) him duelle. and þe king curteisly him g(ra)untede and to him come at his prayer. and at þe mete þe king rially was serued wiþ diu(er)se metes and drynkes // And whanne nyght come þat he shulde gon to bedde þe king tooke his owene maynye and wente in to cham- bre. and as he lokede aboute he saw a wond(er) fair yma- ge and wel made and in semblaunt as it were a archer w(t) a bowe bente in his honde. and in þe bowe a fyn arwe // King Edmund wente þo nerre to biholde it bettr(e) what it mighte ben. and anon as his hond touchede þe arwe him smot þorugh þe body and þere slough þ(e) king for þat engyn was made to quelle his owene lorde tre- toursly // And whanne þ(e) king Edmund þus was ded and slayn he nad regned but .x. ȝere .his peple for him made muche sorwe and his body þey bere vnto Glastyngbury and þ(e)re þey him enterede. // And þis fals traito(ur) Edrith anon wente to þe quene þ(t) was king Edmund(es) wif. þat wiste of hire lordes deth: anon he nome fram hire hire too sones þat were faire and ȝonge þat hire lord had oppon
transcription
loued þat þey bicomen sworne breþ(er)en and so wel loueden to gideres as þey had ben breþeren geten of o body an o mo- der born. How king Edmund Jrensides traytrously was slayn þorugh a trayto(ur) þat me callede Edrith of Stratton Co. [...] // Co. xviijo. And after þo regnede king Edmund Jren [...] syde and knogh þe danoys. but þus it bifel aftirward and in þe same ȝere þat þey were accorded and so muche leueden togedre Wherfore a fals þeef traito(ur) had enuye vn to þe loue þat was bituene ham and frendshipe whos name was Edrith of Strattou(~) þat was a gret lord. þat was Edmund Jrensides man and of him held al þ(e) land þat he had // and noþeles he þouȝt his lord to bitraye & make Knoght king of þe land: in entent richely to haue ben auaunced and w(t) him ben wel biloued // Wherfore he prayde his lord Edmund . Jrensydes oppon a day w(t) him for to eten. and w(t) him duelle. and þe king curteisly him g(ra)untede and to him come at his prayer. and at þe mete þe king rially was serued wiþ diu(er)se metes and drynkes // And whanne nyght come þat he shulde gon to bedde þe king tooke his owene maynye and wente in to cham- bre. and as he lokede aboute he saw a wond(er) fair yma- ge and wel made and in semblaunt as it were a archer w(t) a bowe bente in his honde. and in þe bowe a fyn arwe // King Edmund wente þo nerre to biholde it bettr(e) what it mighte ben. and anon as his hond touchede þe arwe him smot þorugh þe body and þere slough þ(e) king for þat engyn was made to quelle his owene lorde tre- toursly // And whanne þ(e) king Edmund þus was ded and slayn he nad regned but .x. ȝere .his peple for him made muche sorwe and his body þey bere vnto Glastyngbury and þ(e)re þey him enterede. // And þis fals traito(ur) Edrith anon wente to þe quene þ(t) was king Edmund(es) wif. þat wiste of hire lordes deth: anon he nome fram hire hire too sones þat were faire and ȝonge þat hire lord had oppon
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
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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
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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:
1000 - 1200 CE
time_period_covered
1000 - 1200 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
places_covered
England
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Edmund II, King of England, 981?-1016
people_covered
Edmund II, King of England, 981?-1016
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
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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>
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
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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
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
555
multi_page_number
555
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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