Detail View: Medieval Collection: Robert the Bruce
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Image Number:
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JRL0905814dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 207
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Previous Accession Number:
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R33821
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Robert the Bruce
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
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14th-15th century
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Page:
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77r
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Image Sequence Number:
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077r
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Description:
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Robert the Bruce defeats Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn and the town of Berwick is taken. There is some red rubrication and a pen-flourished initial 'A' in red ink. The script is a mixture of anglicana and secretary.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Scotland--History--1057-1603
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Creation Site:
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England
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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Places Covered:
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Scotland: Falkirk: Bannockburn
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Places Covered:
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Scotland: Scottish Borders: Berwick
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People Covered:
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Robert I, King of Scots, 1274-1329
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People Covered:
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Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327
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Item Height:
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274 mm
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Item Width:
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203 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Bibliotheca Paleriana
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Provenance:
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Provenance:
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Dycconson, Thomas
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Provenance:
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Wollsall, Willyam
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Provenance:
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Heaton, Thomas, of Knowisley
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Provenance:
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Aston, Williyam
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Provenance:
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Quantock, John
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.37.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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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)
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Notes:
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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.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2008-11-27
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Multi Page Number:
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805
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-04
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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