COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0905700dc
Reference Number:
English MS 207
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Merlin's predictions
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th-15th century
Page:
20r
Image Sequence Number:
020r
Description:
Merlin describes the future reigns of English monarchs through tales of animal allegory. There is an ink annotation of the name Thomas Heaton of Knowsley written down the edge of the page. The script is a mixture of anglicana and secretary.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Autographs
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Arthurian romances
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
England
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Merlin (Legendary character)
Item Height:
274 mm
Item Width:
203 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Bibliotheca Paleriana
Provenance:
Dycconson, Thomas
Provenance:
Wollsall, Willyam
Provenance:
Heaton, Thomas, of Knowisley
Provenance:
Aston, Williyam
Provenance:
Quantock, John
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.37.
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.
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)
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.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2008-11-27
Multi Page Number:
235
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
Merlin's predictions
