COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926214dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Henry III
Alternative Image Title:
Merlin's prophecy
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
74v
Image Sequence Number:
074v
Description:
The words 'Henry 3' are written in the top margin. The tale of the death of King Henry III. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how the prophecies of Merlin about King Henry's reign were true. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
// þo was pees cried þorugh al Engelonde and þus þe wer re was ended. and whanne þis was done: þe leget nom his leue at þe king and of þe quene and of alle þe grete lordes of Engelond. and wente þo to Rome þe lv(e). ȝere of king Henryes regne // And Edward king Johnes sone of Britaigne. John Vessy. Thom(a)s of Clare. Rog(er) of Clifforde Othes. Grauntsou(~). Robert le Brus. John of Verdone and menye oþ(er)e lordes of Engelond and of biȝounde þe see token hire way toward þe holy lande: and þe king Henry deide in þe mene tyme at Westmynstr(e) whanne he had ben king .l.v. ȝere and .xix. wokes in sent Edmundes day þe erche bisshop of Kaunterbery and he was entered at Westmynstr(e). on sent Edmund(es) day þe king. Jn þe ȝere of Jncarnacioun of oure lord ihu(s) c(ri)st. m(l). CC. lxxij. Prophecie of Merlyn of king Henry expouned þat was king Joh(a)nes sone. Ca(o) [...] C(mo). lx(mo). And of þis king Henry p(ro)pheciede [...] Merlyn and saide þat a lombe shulde comen out of Wynchestr(e) in þe ȝere of Jncarnaciou(~) of oure lord .M(l). CC. & xvj. wiþ trewe lippes and holynesse writen in his hert writen and he saide soth. for þe good henry þe king was bore in Wynchestr(e) in þe ȝere aboue sayde and he spak goode wordes and swete and was an holy man and of good co(~) science // And Merlyn saide þat þis Henry shulde make þe faireste place of al þe worlde þat in his tyme shulde noȝt ben ful ended: and he saide soth for he made þe newe werk of þe Abbay of sen Petrus chirche at Westmynstr(e) þat is fairere of sighte þan ony oþ(er)e chirche þat men knowith þoruȝ al cristendome. but king henry deide er þat werke were fully made and þat was grete harme // And ȝit seide M(er)lyn þat þis lamb shulde haue pees þ(e) most tyme of his regne and he saide ful soth for he was neu(er)e annoied þorugh werre ne disese in no manere wise til a litel biforen his deth // And ȝit saide M(er)lyn more in his p(ro)phecie þat in þe regne and en- de of þe forsaide lambe a wolf of a st(ra)unge londe shulde
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Arthurian romances
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Merlin (Legendary character)
People Covered:
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
Item Height:
278 mm
Item Width:
183 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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)
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
790
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
King Henry III
