Detail View: Medieval Collection: King John

Image Number: 
JRL0905767dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 207
Previous Accession Number: 
R33821
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
King John
Parent Work Title: 
Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created: 
14th-15th century
Page: 
53v
Image Sequence Number: 
053v
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 a pen-flourished initial 'A' in red ink. The script is a mixture of anglicana and secretary.
Language Code: 
enm-GB
Subject: 
Catholic Church
Subject: 
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Chronicles of England
Subject: 
France--History--13th century
Subject: 
Great Britain--History
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
England
Time Period Covered: 
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered: 
England
Places Covered: 
France
Places Covered: 
Italy: Lazio: Roma: Rome
People Covered: 
John, King of England, 1167-1216
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: 
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: 
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.37.
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: 
570
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