COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925054dc
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:
11v
Image Sequence Number:
011v
Description:
The story of King Leir (Lear) and his three daughters. Cordeill (Cordelia) marries the King of France. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial introduces the story of how Leir is driven out of his kingdom. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
erþe þat she shulde neu(er)e haue good of him : but his dough- tres loued him so muche shulde ben wel auauncede and mariede . and þe ferste doughter he mariede to mangles king of Scotlande : and þe secound he maried to Hanemos Erl of Cornewaile : and so þey ordeyned and speke bituen ham þat þey shulde dep(ar)te þe reaume bituen hem tuo . after þe deþ of Leir hir fader // So þat Cordeill his ȝongest doughter shulde no þing haue of his land . but þis Cordeill was wonder faire and of so good condiciou(~)s and maners þat þe king of ff(ra)unce Agampe here of hir speke and sente to þe king Leir hir fader for to haue hire vnto wyf and prayede him þ(er) of : and king Leir hir fader sente him word þat he hadde departed þe lande vnto his . ij . oþ(er) doughtres and sey de he ne hadde na more land wher with hir for to marien // And whanne Agampe herde þis ansuere he sente anon a ȝein to Leir and seide þat he axede no þing with here but oneliche hir cloþinge and onleche hir body . and anon king Leir hir fader sente hire ouer þe see to king of ff(ra)unce and he resceyuede hir wiþ mochil worshipp and with muche so- lempnyte hire spousede and made hire queen of ff(ra)unce . How king Leir was dryuen out of his lande þorugh his folie : and how Cordeill his ȝongest dought(er) halp him in his [ . . ] nede . Capo xiijo.: Thus it fel afterward þat þo . ij . [ . . ] eldest doughtren wolde nought abide til þat Leir hir fader was ded but werred vppon him whiles þat he leue de and moche sorwe and shame him dede . wherfore þey by nomen him holly þe reaume and bituene ham had or deynede :- þat on of ham shulde haue king Leir to soio(ur)ne al his lyf tyme with . xl . knightes and hire squiers þat he mighte worshipfully gon and ride whider þat he wolde in to what cuntrie þat him likede to pleye and to solacen . // So þat Managles king of Scotlande had king Leire with him in þe manere as is aboue saide . and or oþ(er) half ȝere were passed . Corneill his eldest dought(er) þat was queene
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:
160
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
