Detail View: Medieval Collection: King John

Image Number: 
JRL0926387dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 104
Previous Accession Number: 
R15386
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
King John
Parent Work Title: 
Tomlynson Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created: 
15th century
Page: 
25r
Image Sequence Number: 
025r
Description: 
The story of King John who reigned after Richard I, how he lost Normandy to France, and how he quarrelled with Rome. There is some red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W'. The script is mainly secretary.
Language Code: 
enm-GB
Subject: 
Great Britain--History
Subject: 
Catholic Church
Subject: 
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject: 
France--History--13th century
Subject: 
Chronicles of England
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Time Period Covered: 
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered: 
England
Places Covered: 
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
Places Covered: 
France: Normandy
People Covered: 
John, King of England, 1167-1216
Item Height: 
262 mm
Item Width: 
192 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Tomlynson, Robert
Provenance: 
Tomlynson, Thomas
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
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), pp. 417-18. 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 £16. 4s. on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-07-24
Multi Page Number: 
275
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2010-11
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Medieval