COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925055dc
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:
12r
Image Sequence Number:
012r
Description:
The story of King Leir (Lear) and how he is driven out of his kingdom by his daughters Gonerille (Corneil) and Rigan. There is a small hole in the vellum. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
of Scotland was so annoyed of him and of his pople þat anon she and hir lord speken to gidres . wherfore his knigh- tes . half and his squiers fram him were gon and no mo leste but onliche . xxxti . and whan þis was don Leir bigan to make muche sorwe for enchesou(~) þat his state was enpey- rede and men had of him more scorn & despit þa(~) eu(er) þey had biforne wherfore he niste what for to done and at þe last þoughte þat he wolde wende in to Cornewaile to Ragan his oþ(er) doughter // And whan he was come þe Erl and his wif þat was Leir(es) dought(er) him welcomede and with him made moche ioye and þ(er)e he duelled w(t) xxxti . knightes and squiers . and he ne hadde nought duelled þ(er)e scarsly tuelf mounþ þat his dought(er) of him nas ful and of his compa nye and hir lord and she of him hadde scorn and despite so þat fram . xxxti . knightes þey broughten in to . x . and af- terward fyue and so þ(er) lefte with him no mo . // þo made he sorwe y nough and saide sore wepinge Allas þat eu(er) he come in to þat lande and saide . ȝit hadde me be bet tre for to haue duelled with my ferst dought(er) and anon went þennes aȝen to his ferst dought(er) . but anon as she saugh him come she swer by god and his holy names and by as moche as she mighte þat he shulde haue no mo with him but o knight ȝif he wolde þ(er)e abide // þo bigan Leir aȝen wepe and made moche sorwe and saide þo al- las now to longe haue y leued þat þis sorwe and mes- chief is to me now falle . for now am y pouere þat som- tyme was riche : but now haue j no frend ne kyn þat me wil done ony manere good . // But whan þat j was riche alle men me honourede and worshipede and now eu(er)y man haþ of me scorn and despite . and now j wot wel þat Cordeill my ȝonge doughter saide me treuthe whan she saide as muche as y hadde so muche shulde y be by- loued and al þe while þat j had good : þo was j beloued and honoured for my richesse but my . ij . doughtres
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:
Handwriting
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:
165
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
