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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0905687dc
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JRL0905687dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 207
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English MS 207
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Previous Accession Number:
R33821
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Vortiger and Merlin
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Vortiger and Merlin
Image Title
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Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
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Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
Parent Work Title
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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-15th century
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14th-15th century
Date Created
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Page:
13v
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13v
Page
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Image Sequence Number:
013v
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013v
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Description:
Vortigern seeks Merlin who was reportedly born without a father. Merlin tells him that two dragons, one white, one red, live in a lake below the foundations of the castle and that they destroy the castle by fighting. The script is a mixture of anglicana and secretary.
description
Vortigern seeks Merlin who was reportedly born without a father. Merlin tells him that two dragons, one white, one red, live in a lake below the foundations of the castle and that they destroy the castle by fighting. The script is a mixture of anglicana and secretary.
Description
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Great Britain--History
subject
Great Britain--History
Subject
false
Subject:
Chronicles of England
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Chronicles of England
Subject
false
Subject:
Arthurian romances
subject
Arthurian romances
Subject
false
Subject:
Wales--History--To 1063
subject
Wales--History--To 1063
Subject
false
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
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false
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
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Vellum
Support
false
Creation Site:
England
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England
Creation Site
false
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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false
Places Covered:
Wales
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Wales
Places Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
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England
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false
People Covered:
Merlin (Legendary character)
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Merlin (Legendary character)
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Vortigern, active 450
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Vortigern, active 450
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false
Item Height:
274 mm
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274 mm
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Item Width:
203 mm
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203 mm
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
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Provenance:
Bibliotheca Paleriana
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Bibliotheca Paleriana
Provenance
false
Provenance:
provenance
<a href="http://archives.li.man.ac.uk/ead/search/?operation=full&recid=gb133engmss206-207">George Dunn Collection</a>
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Dycconson, Thomas
provenance
Dycconson, Thomas
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Wollsall, Willyam
provenance
Wollsall, Willyam
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Heaton, Thomas, of Knowisley
provenance
Heaton, Thomas, of Knowisley
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Aston, Williyam
provenance
Aston, Williyam
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Quantock, John
provenance
Quantock, John
Provenance
false
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
false
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.37.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.37.
References
false
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. 422-23. 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), pp. 422-23. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References
false
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
Notes:
Two incomplete manuscripts of the 'Brut Chronicle', the first on vellum, the second on paper, put together in or before 1749 to make a nearly complete Brut to 1415 (Ker). The manuscript supplies additional detail to the texts published by Caxton and F.W.D. Brie.
notes
Two incomplete manuscripts of the 'Brut Chronicle', the first on vellum, the second on paper, put together in or before 1749 to make a nearly complete Brut to 1415 (Ker). The manuscript supplies additional detail to the texts published by Caxton and F.W.D. Brie.
Notes
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2008-12-09
Multi Page Number:
170
multi_page_number
170
Multi Page Number
false
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
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Medieval
Collection Code
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