COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926667dc
Reference Number:
English MS 105
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Vortiger settles in Wales
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1413 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
16th century [1518?]
Page:
28r
Image Sequence Number:
028r
Description:
The story of how Vortigern settles in Wales and tries to builda castle, but it constantly falls before completion. He is told that the castle will only stand if the foundations are sprinkled with blood. Rubrication in red ink and a pen-flourished initial introduce the tale of how Vortigern calls for Merlyne. The written space is 175 x 135 mm in several secretary hands throughout the manuscript.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Wales--History--To 1063
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Places Covered:
England
Places Covered:
Wales
People Covered:
Vortigern, active 450
People Covered:
Merlin (Legendary character)
Item Height:
279 mm
Item Width:
206 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Hobbes, Ricardus
Provenance:
Pawlyn, Thomas, 'surgion in civitate London'.
Provenance:
Wynnard, Hugo
Provenance:
Hought, Thomas
Provenance:
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
Provenance:
Stevinson, Nicholaus
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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. 418. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
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 Bull & Auvache for £21.00 on 19 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-15
Multi Page Number:
305
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
Vortiger settles in Wales
