Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Richard the Lionheart
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Image Number:
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JRL0926192dc
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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 Richard the Lionheart
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Alternative Image Title:
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King John
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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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63v
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Image Sequence Number:
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063v
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Description:
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The words 'Richard 1' are written in the top margin, and 'John' in the left margin of the folio. The tale of the death of King Richard, and how he forgives the man who killed him. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how the newly crowned King John goes to war and loses Normandy. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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castel so þat þe castel was taken or þ(t) he deide: and so manleche his men deden þat þe peple þat were in þe cas- tel were alle taken and þe king dede wiþ ham what þat he wolde and com(~)aundede his men þat þey shulde brynge byfore him þe man þat him so hurte. and so woundede // And whanne he come bifore þe king. þe king axede what was his name: and he saide sire. my name is Bertram Gur- dou(~): wherfore saide þe king hast þow me slayn: sith þat y dede þe neu(er)e non harme // Sire seide he þough ȝe dede me neu(er)e harme ȝe haue don to my frendes muche harme for ȝoure self wiþ ȝoure hande quelde my fader and my broþ(er) and þ(er)fore now J haue quyt ȝoure trauayle // þo saide king Richard: he þat deide vppon þe crois to brynge mannes soule f(ro)m pyne of helle forȝeue ȝow my deth: and J also forȝeue it þe: þo comaunded þe king þ(t) no man shulde him mysdone: but for al þe kinges defendinge some of his men him folwede and p(ri)uely him quelde and þe .vj(e). day after þe king deyde shrifte and sore repentaunce hauynge of his mysdedes and was houseled and anoyn- tede: and þis king ne regnede but .ix. ȝere. and xxxix. wo- kes and deide and lith bisides his fad(er) at ffount eu(er)ard Of king Joh(a)n þat in þe ferste ȝere of his regne lost al [...] Normandye. Capitulo .vj(xx). xl.vj(o). Whanne king Ri- [...] chard was ded for enchesou(~) þat he had non heire noþer sone ne dought(er). his broþ(er) Johan was made king and crouned at Westmynstr(e) of Hubert þat was þo Erche bisshop of Kaunterbery // And whanne he bigan for to regne. he bicome. so meruaylous a man and wente ouer in to Normandie and werrede vppon þe king of ff(ra)unce and so longe þey werrede togydere til at þe laste king Joh(a)n loste Normandie and Angou(~). Wherfore he was sore annoy- ede and was no meruaile // þo lete he assemble bifore hi(~) at londou(~) Erchebisshopes. Bisshoppes. Abbotes and p(ri)ours erles and barouns and helde þere a gret parleme(~)t and
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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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France--History--13th century
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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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Illumination (image-making process)
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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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1200 - 1500 CE
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Time Period Covered:
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1000 - 1200 CE
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Places Covered:
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France: Normandy
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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John, King of England, 1167-1216
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People Covered:
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Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199
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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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680
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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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