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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925070dc
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JRL0925070dc
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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]
Date Created
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Page:
19v
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19v
Page
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Image Sequence Number:
019v
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019v
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Description:
How Engist built Twongcastel. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' W ' introduce the tale of how Vortiger married Ronewenne, Engist's daughter. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
How Engist built Twongcastel. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' W ' introduce the tale of how Vortiger married Ronewenne, Engist's daughter. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
was nought for to done wiþouten counceil of his Britouns // // Engist prayede him eftsones of as muche place as he migthe com- pass wiþ a twong of a skin wher oppon he mighte make him a maner and for his to duellen on and þe king grauntede him frely // þo nome Engist a Boles skyn and cotte it as smal as he mighte al in to a twong al a rounde and þ(er) wiþ compassed as moche land as he made vppon a fair castel . And whanne þis castel was j made he lete calle it Twongcastel for as moche as þe place was markede wiþ a twong Of Ronewenne þat wa(s) Egistes doughter and how þe king Vortig(er) spousede hire for [...] hire beaute Capitulo. lvijo. Whanne þis castel was [...] maked and ful wel arrayed . Engist p(ri)ueliche sente by lettre in to þe cuntre þat he come of after an hundred shipes felled with str(ra)unge men were bolde and wel fightinge in alle batailes and þat þey shulde bringe with ham Ronewen ne his dought(er) þat was þe fairest creatur(e) þat a man mighte se // And whanne þe peple was comen þat he had sent aft(er) he nome ham in to þe castel wt muche ioye and him self oppon a day wente vnto þe king and preyde him derwoþly þat he wolde come and see his newe manere þat he had made in þe place þat he had compassed with þe twong of þe skyn : þe king anon g(ra)unted him frely and with him wente þider and was wel payed with þe castel and wiþ þe faire werk and togidres þe(~) þey eten and dronken wiþ muche ioye // And whanne nyȝt come þat þe king shulde gon in to his chambr(e) for to take þere his nyghtes reste Ronewenne þat was Engistes dought(er) come with a coupe of golde in hire hande and knelede bifore þe king. and saide to him whatsail and þe king wist nowȝt what it was to mene ne what he shulde ansuere for as muche as him self ne none of his britou(~)s ȝit couþe non englessh speke ne vnderstonde hit but speken þo þat same langage þat britou(~)s ȝet done // Noþeles alatymer tolde þe king þe fulle vnderston dynge þere of watsaill . and þat oþ(er) shulde ansuere drink hail . and þat was þe ferste tyme þat wassaill & drinkhail
transcription
was nought for to done wiþouten counceil of his Britouns // // Engist prayede him eftsones of as muche place as he migthe com- pass wiþ a twong of a skin wher oppon he mighte make him a maner and for his to duellen on and þe king grauntede him frely // þo nome Engist a Boles skyn and cotte it as smal as he mighte al in to a twong al a rounde and þ(er) wiþ compassed as moche land as he made vppon a fair castel . And whanne þis castel was j made he lete calle it Twongcastel for as moche as þe place was markede wiþ a twong Of Ronewenne þat wa(s) Egistes doughter and how þe king Vortig(er) spousede hire for [...] hire beaute Capitulo. lvijo. Whanne þis castel was [...] maked and ful wel arrayed . Engist p(ri)ueliche sente by lettre in to þe cuntre þat he come of after an hundred shipes felled with str(ra)unge men were bolde and wel fightinge in alle batailes and þat þey shulde bringe with ham Ronewen ne his dought(er) þat was þe fairest creatur(e) þat a man mighte se // And whanne þe peple was comen þat he had sent aft(er) he nome ham in to þe castel wt muche ioye and him self oppon a day wente vnto þe king and preyde him derwoþly þat he wolde come and see his newe manere þat he had made in þe place þat he had compassed with þe twong of þe skyn : þe king anon g(ra)unted him frely and with him wente þider and was wel payed with þe castel and wiþ þe faire werk and togidres þe(~) þey eten and dronken wiþ muche ioye // And whanne nyȝt come þat þe king shulde gon in to his chambr(e) for to take þere his nyghtes reste Ronewenne þat was Engistes dought(er) come with a coupe of golde in hire hande and knelede bifore þe king. and saide to him whatsail and þe king wist nowȝt what it was to mene ne what he shulde ansuere for as muche as him self ne none of his britou(~)s ȝit couþe non englessh speke ne vnderstonde hit but speken þo þat same langage þat britou(~)s ȝet done // Noþeles alatymer tolde þe king þe fulle vnderston dynge þere of watsaill . and þat oþ(er) shulde ansuere drink hail . and þat was þe ferste tyme þat wassaill & drinkhail
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Chronicles of England
subject
Chronicles of England
Subject
false
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
subject
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Subject:
Great Britain--History
subject
Great Britain--History
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category_of_material
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
sub_category
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
technique_used
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
false
Access Rights:
access_rights
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a>
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
false
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:
240
multi_page_number
240
Multi Page Number
false
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB