MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0906486dc
Reference Number:
English MS 206
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Arthur conquers France
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1326 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th-15th century
Page:
41r
Image Sequence Number:
041r
Description:
King Arthur conquers France by defeating the hero Frolle with his sword. Arthur then rewards his faithful knights with lands there and holds a great feast. Thick black rubrication introduces the tale. The written space is c.197 x 118 mm in a good secretary hand which is the same throughout.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
France--History--To 987
Subject:
Arthurian romances
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Places Covered:
France
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Arthur, King
Item Height:
263 mm
Item Width:
192 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Parker Coke, Daniel, Fellow of All Souls, Oxford.
Provenance:
Banister, Mergret
Provenance:
Provenance:
Campinet, William, of Kilworty (?) Yorks
Provenance:
Peell, John, of Stokes, Notts
Provenance:
Fann van moter, Will
Provenance:
Kyechyner, William
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. 421-22. 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.36.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-02-03
Multi Page Number:
435
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

King Arthur conquers France

King Arthur conquers France