COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925037dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Table of chapters
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
3r
Image Sequence Number:
003r
Description:
Table of 223 numbered chapters with initials in blue and red ink. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
King and Engist driuen out and how Vortimer was slayn þorugh Ronewenne Capo. lviijo. How þe Britons chosen anoþ(er) time Vortyg(er) to be(~) hir king & Engist com in to þi(s) lande aȝen & þey fouȝte togidr Capo.lixo. How Vortig(er) wente i(~) to Walys & biga(~) þ(er)e a castel þ(t) wolde nouȝt stonde w(t)oute mort(er) te(~)pred w(t) bloode Capo lxo. How þe king lete seche Merlyn þorugh al Walys for to speke with him Capo lxjo. Of þe ansuere of M(er)lyn Wherfore þe king axede why his work myʒte nought stonde þat he had bigonne mighte nought preue Capo. lxijo. Of þe significacioun of þo .ij dragouns þ(t) weren in þe botme of þe ponde þat foughten togidre. Capitulo.lxiijo. Of king Aurilambros how he p(ur)suede Vortig(er) and Engist and how þey deiden Capo. lxiiijo. How Aurilambros dede redresse þe lande of g(re)t Britaigne þat was destroyed þorugh Saxones Capolxvto. How þe Brito(u)ns wente for to seke þe g(re)te stone(s) in Irlande. Colxvjto. How passent þ(t) was Vortig(er)s sone and þe king Guyllomer come in to þis lande and how a traito(ur) þat me callede coppa empoysenede þe king Aurilambros. Capo.lxvijmo. Whanne Aurilambros was ded a sterr in þe morne was seyn with a cler light and at þe boughte of þe beeme was seyen þe hede of an horrible dragoun Capo.lxviijo. Of þe bitokenyng of þat sterre Capo. lxixo. Of Vt(er) Pendragon and wherfore he was called so after me shal here and he was ouer take for þe gret loue of Ygerne þ(t) was þe erl of Cornewailes wif Capo. lxxmo. How Vter bigate in Igerne þat was þe Erles wif of Cornewaile Arthur þe king Capo lxxjo. How king Vter chees Aloth to keepe þe lande of Britaigne whiles þat he was sike for as muche as he myghte nouʒt for his sikenesse Capo lxxijdo. How Arthur þat was þe sone of Vter was crouned aft(er)
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Item Height:
278 mm
Item Width:
183 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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), p. 417. 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.23.
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 £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
75
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Table of chapters
