COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925053dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Leir
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
11r
Image Sequence Number:
011r
Description:
The stories of King Lud Ludibras, King Bladuc and King Leir (Lear) and his daughters. Red rubrication and illuminated initials introduce each of the tales. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
of wut of king Salomon and she fond it soþ þat men hadde hire tolde Of king Lud Ludibras þat was king Leiles sone Co.xmo. And after þis king Leil regned his sone Lud Ludibras þat made þe citee of Kaunt(er)bery and of Wynchestr and he reg nede xiij. ȝere and deide and lith at Wynchestre Of king Bla dud þat was Ludibras his sone regnede and was a good man(~) and [. . . ] a nygromancer Capitulo .xjo. And after þis Lud Ludib(ra)s [ . . ] regnede Bladud his sone a gret nig(ro)mancer and þorugh his crafte o Nig(ro)mauncie he made þe m(er)uaillous hote bathe as he gest telleþ and he regnede xxj ȝere and he lith at newe T(ro)ye. Of king Leir and of þe ansuere of his ȝongest doughter þat [ . . ] g(ra)ciously was maried to þe king of ff(ra)unce . Coxijo. After þis king [ . . . ] Bladud regned Leir his sone and þis Leir makede þe tou(~) of Leycestre and lete calle þe toun after his name and he gouer nede þe lande wel and nobly . // þis king Leir hadde .iij. doughtr(e)s þe ferste highte Gonorill . þe secunde Rigan . and þe þridde Cordeill and þ ȝengest doughter was fairest and best of conditiou(~)s // þe king hir fader bicome an olde man and wol de þat his doughtres were mariede or þat he deide . but ferst he þoughte assaye which of ham loued him most and beste . for she þat loued him best be maried . and he axe de of þe ferst doughter how muche she him louede and she ansuerede and saide bettre þan hire owen lyf . Now certes quoþ þe fader þat is a gret loue // þo axede he of þe secound doughter how moche she him louede : and she saide more & passinge alle þe creatures of þe worlde . may foy quod þe fad(er) y may no more axen. // and þo axed he þe þrid doughter how muche she him loued . certes fader quod she my sustres haue tolde ȝow glosinge wordes but for soþe y shal telle ȝow trewthe for y loue ȝow as muche as y owe to loue my fader and for to bringe ȝow more in certein how loue goþ y shal ȝow telle : for as muche as ȝe beþ worth so muche shal ȝe ben loued // þe king hir fader wende þat she had scorned him and bicome wonder wroth and swor by heuene and
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Lear, King (Legendary character)
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:
155
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
King Leir
