Image Number:
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JRL0911128dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 102
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Guentolen's revenge
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Parent Work Title:
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Marlborough Brut Chronicle
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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The Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
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15th century
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Page:
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3r
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Image Sequence Number:
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003r
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Description:
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The story of how King Lotryn marries Guentolen, the daughter of Coryn, but after her father's death Lotryn abandons Guentolen and makes Estrilde his Queen. Guentolen raises an army against Lotryn and he is slain in battle. Estrilde and her child are drowned and Queen Guentolen rules Britain. Red rubrication introduces the reign of her son King Madhan. 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--Manuscripts
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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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Item Height:
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322 mm
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Item Width:
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237 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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Colepeper, Thomas
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Provenance:
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Ley, James, Sir, of Westbury, afterwards Earl of Marlborough.
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Provenance:
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Hales, John
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Provenance:
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Wodward, Lionelius
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Provenance:
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Kyng, Johannes
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Provenance:
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Wasey, George Lea
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Provenance:
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Young, Willelmus
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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. 416-17. 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.22.
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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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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £22.10s on 18 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-02-18
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Multi Page Number:
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55
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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