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Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Arthur is betrayed by Mordred

Image Number: 
JRL0905711dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 207
Previous Accession Number: 
R33821
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Image Title: 
King Arthur is betrayed by Mordred
Parent Work Title: 
Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created: 
14th-15th century
Page: 
25v
Image Sequence Number: 
025v
Description: 
King Arthur sends the body of the Roman Emperor back to Rome. Whilst Arthur has been away fighting, Mordred has taken control of Arthur's lands and property. There is some red rubrication and two pen-flourished initials, an initial 'A' and an initial 'W' in red and blue ink. The script is a mixture of anglicana and secretary.
Language Code: 
enm-GB
Subject: 
Great Britain--History
Subject: 
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Chronicles of England
Subject: 
Arthurian romances
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
Places Covered: 
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
People Covered: 
Mordred (Legendary character)
People Covered: 
Arthur, King
Item Height: 
274 mm
Item Width: 
203 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Bibliotheca Paleriana
Provenance: 
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: 
Creative Commons License
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): 
2008-12-09
Multi Page Number: 
290
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