COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925069dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 103
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
R15385
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Vortiger
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King Vortiger
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Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
14th century [mid]
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
19r
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Image Sequence Number:
019r
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Description:
The text begins imperfectly at the top of the folio at 'wheder to wende'. Red rubrication and illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of King Vortiger, and how Saxons Engist and Horn come to England to seek refuge. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The text begins imperfectly at the top of the folio at 'wheder to wende'. Red rubrication and illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of King Vortiger, and how Saxons Engist and Horn come to England to seek refuge. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
wheder to wende How Engist and xi Ml. men . comen in to þis lande to whom Vortiger ȝaf a place þat called is Twong- [...] castell Cao. lvjo. And sone after þis sorwe tyding come [...] to Vortiger þat a gret nauye of st(ra)ungers were arryuede in þe cuntre of kent . but he wiste nouȝt whennes þei were ne wher fore þey were come // The king sente anon a messag(e) þeder þat some of ham shulde come and speke wiþ him for to wite what folc þey weren and what þei axede and in to what cuntre þey wolden gon // þere were .ij. breþ(er)en p(ri)nces i(~) maistres of þat st(ra)un- ge companye þat on me callede Engist and þat oþ(er) Horn. Engist wente to þe king and tolde to him enchesou(~) wherfore þey were þere arryued in his lande and saide sire we ben of a cuntre þt called is Saxoyne þat is þe lande of Germayne wher inne is so muche sorwe þat ȝif þe peple be so muche þt þe lande may ham nouȝt susteyne ne suffise . þe maistres and p(ri)nces þat ha- ueþ þe lande to gou(er)ne and rewele shulleth don come biforne ham men and womme(~)þat boldest þat ben amonge ham for to fighte þat best mowe t(ra)uaile in to diu(er)se landes and so þey shulle ham ȝiue hors and harneys armure and all þing þat ham nedeth and after þey shulle seye to ham þat þey gon in to anoþ(er) cuntre where þat þey mowe leuen as here auncestr(e)s deden bifore ham : And þ(er)fore sire king ȝif ȝe haue ouȝt to done wiþ oure companye we ben comen in to ȝoure lande and with good wille ȝow wile serue and ȝoure lande helpe kepe and de- fend fram ȝoure enemys ȝif þat ȝow nede // Whanne Vortiger herde þis tidinge . he seide he wolde gladly wiþholde ham vp on such couenant ȝif þey mighte deliu(er)e his lande of his ene- mys : he wolde ȝiue ham resonable landes where þey shulden duelle for eu(er)more // Engist þankede him goodliche and in þi(s) manere he and his companye .xj. Ml. men . shulde duelle wt þe king Vortig(er) and so muche þey deden þorugh hire boldenesse þat þey delyuerede þe lande clene of his enemys // þo prayde Engist þe king of so muche lande þat he mighte make to him a citee for him and for his maynye // þe king ansuerede it
transcription
wheder to wende How Engist and xi Ml. men . comen in to þis lande to whom Vortiger ȝaf a place þat called is Twong- [...] castell Cao. lvjo. And sone after þis sorwe tyding come [...] to Vortiger þat a gret nauye of st(ra)ungers were arryuede in þe cuntre of kent . but he wiste nouȝt whennes þei were ne wher fore þey were come // The king sente anon a messag(e) þeder þat some of ham shulde come and speke wiþ him for to wite what folc þey weren and what þei axede and in to what cuntre þey wolden gon // þere were .ij. breþ(er)en p(ri)nces i(~) maistres of þat st(ra)un- ge companye þat on me callede Engist and þat oþ(er) Horn. Engist wente to þe king and tolde to him enchesou(~) wherfore þey were þere arryued in his lande and saide sire we ben of a cuntre þt called is Saxoyne þat is þe lande of Germayne wher inne is so muche sorwe þat ȝif þe peple be so muche þt þe lande may ham nouȝt susteyne ne suffise . þe maistres and p(ri)nces þat ha- ueþ þe lande to gou(er)ne and rewele shulleth don come biforne ham men and womme(~)þat boldest þat ben amonge ham for to fighte þat best mowe t(ra)uaile in to diu(er)se landes and so þey shulle ham ȝiue hors and harneys armure and all þing þat ham nedeth and after þey shulle seye to ham þat þey gon in to anoþ(er) cuntre where þat þey mowe leuen as here auncestr(e)s deden bifore ham : And þ(er)fore sire king ȝif ȝe haue ouȝt to done wiþ oure companye we ben comen in to ȝoure lande and with good wille ȝow wile serue and ȝoure lande helpe kepe and de- fend fram ȝoure enemys ȝif þat ȝow nede // Whanne Vortiger herde þis tidinge . he seide he wolde gladly wiþholde ham vp on such couenant ȝif þey mighte deliu(er)e his lande of his ene- mys : he wolde ȝiue ham resonable landes where þey shulden duelle for eu(er)more // Engist þankede him goodliche and in þi(s) manere he and his companye .xj. Ml. men . shulde duelle wt þe king Vortig(er) and so muche þey deden þorugh hire boldenesse þat þey delyuerede þe lande clene of his enemys // þo prayde Engist þe king of so muche lande þat he mighte make to him a citee for him and for his maynye // þe king ansuerede it
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Chronicles of England
subject
Chronicles of England
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
subject
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
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Subject:
Great Britain--History
subject
Great Britain--History
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
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Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
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Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
support
Vellum
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
time_period_covered
1 BCE - 500 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
places_covered
England
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Vortigern, active 450
people_covered
Vortigern, active 450
People Covered
false
Item Height:
278 mm
item_height
278 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
183 mm
item_width
183 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
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Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
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Access Rights:
access_rights
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Access Rights
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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
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
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References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
References
false
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)
bibliography
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)
Bibliographic Citation
false
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
cost
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Cost
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
235
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235
Multi Page Number
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Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB