Detail View: Medieval Collection: Britain and the Britons
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Image Number:
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JRL0906420dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 206
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Previous Accession Number:
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R33820
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Britain and the Britons
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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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8r
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Image Sequence Number:
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008r
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Description:
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The history of Brutus of Troy. Thick black rubrication introduces the story of how Brut made New Troy (London) and called the land Britain and the people Britons after his own name. Brut has three sons: Lotryn, Albanac and Kambor. Albanac ruled Scotland and Kambor Wales. Lotryn succeeds Brut after his death as King of Britain. 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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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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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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Parker Coke, Daniel, Fellow of All Souls, Oxford.
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Provenance:
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Fann van moter, Will
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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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Banister, Mergret
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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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105
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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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