Detail View: Medieval Collection: History of Brutus of Troy
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Image Number:
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JRL0906417dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 206
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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History of Brutus of Troy
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1326 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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6v
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Image Sequence Number:
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006v
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Description:
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The history of Brutus of Troy. Brut is directed by Diana to go to the Isle of Albion. There is thick black rubrication introducing the story of how Coryn came to be one of Brut's company, and how Brut and his men conquered Gascony. The written space is c.197 x 118 mm in a good secretary hand which is the same throughout.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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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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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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Brutus the Trojan (Legendary character)
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Item Height:
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263 mm
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Item Width:
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192 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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Banister, Mergret
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Provenance:
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Parker Coke, Daniel, Fellow of All Souls, Oxford.
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Provenance:
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Campinet, William, of Kilworty (?) Yorks
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Provenance:
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Provenance:
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Peell, John, of Stokes, Notts
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Provenance:
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Kyechyner, William
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Provenance:
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Fann van moter, Will
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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. 421-22. 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.36.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-02-03
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Multi Page Number:
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90
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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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