COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911170dc
Reference Number:
English MS 102
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Arthur conquers France
Alternative Image Title:
King Arthur receives a letter from Rome
Parent Work Title:
Marlborough Brut Chronicle
Alternative Parent Work Title:
The Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
24r
Image Sequence Number:
024r
Description:
King Arthur rewards his faithful knights with lands in France and holds a great feast. King Arthur then receives a letter from Rome declaring him an enemy. Red rubrication introduces each tale. Written space is 235 x 190 mm, 2 columns with 34 lines. The script is in a secretary hand with some influence from anglicana.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
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:
England
Places Covered:
France
Places Covered:
Italy: Rome
People Covered:
Arthur, King
Item Height:
322 mm
Item Width:
237 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colepeper, Thomas
Provenance:
Ley, James, Sir, of Westbury, afterwards Earl of Marlborough.
Provenance:
Hales, John
Provenance:
Wodward, Lionelius
Provenance:
Kyng, Johannes
Provenance:
Wasey, George Lea
Provenance:
Young, Willelmus
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
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. 416-17. 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.22.
Bibliographic Citation:
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)
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £22.10s on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-02-18
Multi Page Number:
265
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
King Arthur conquers France
