Detail View: Medieval Collection: Death of King William the Conqueror
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Image Number:
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JRL0911201dc
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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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Death of King William the Conqueror
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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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39v
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Image Sequence Number:
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039v
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Description:
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King William the Conqueror dies, and his son William II, Rufus (the red) becomes King. Red rubrication introduces each tale. There is some graffiti at the top of the page likely to be the same that appears on 37v, 'Noverint universi per presentes me Thomam Colpeper in comitatu Kancie Armiger teneri... Richardo Colpeper de Grays Inn...'. Written space is 235 x 190 mm, 2 columns with 34 lines. The script is in a secretary hand with some influence from anglicana.
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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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Time Period Covered:
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1000 - 1200 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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William II, King of England, 1056?-1100
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People Covered:
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William I, King of England, 1027 or 8-1087
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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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420
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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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