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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925071dc
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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 and King Vortimer
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King Vortiger and King Vortimer
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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:
20r
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Image Sequence Number:
020r
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Description:
The tale of King Vortiger. The word 'Vortiger' has been erased on the second line of the folio. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' T ' introduce the tale of how the Britons drove out Vortiger and Engist and crowned Vortimer king. A small insertion of text in a different hand and ink appears towards the bottom of the folio. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The tale of King Vortiger. The word 'Vortiger' has been erased on the second line of the folio. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' T ' introduce the tale of how the Britons drove out Vortiger and Engist and crowned Vortimer king. A small insertion of text in a different hand and ink appears towards the bottom of the folio. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
comen vp in to þis lande and fram þat tyme in to þis time it haþ be wel vsede // þe king [...] sawgh þe fairnesse of Ro- newenne and his armes laide aboute hire nekke and .iij. swetly kessede hire . and anon right he was anamered vppon hire þat he desirede to haue hire to wif . and axede of Engist hire fader . and Engist g(ra)untede oppon þis couenau(n)t þat þe king shulde ȝeue him al þe cuntre of Kent þat he mighte duellen in and al his peple : þe king him gr(au)nted p(ri)uely with a good wille and anon after he spousede þe damisele þat was muche confusiou(n) to him self and þ(er)fore alle þe britou(n)s bicomen so wroþ for enchesou(n) þat he had spoused a wo(m)man of misbileue wherfore þey wente alle fro him and noþing to him toke kepe ne helpe him in þinges þat he hadde to done . How Vortimer þat was Vortigers sone þat was made king and Engist driuen oute and how Vortim(er) [...] was slayn þorugh Ronewenne . Capo. lviijo. This Engist [...] wente in to Kent and seisede al þe lande in to his hand for him and for his men and bicomen in a litel while of so g(re)t poer and so muche peple hadde þat men wiste nouȝt in litel time whiche were þe king(es) men and whiche were þere Engist(es) men wherfore al Britaigne had of him drede and sayde amon- ges ham þat ȝif þey ne toke oþ(er) councel bituene ham. al þe land shulde ben bitrayed þorugh Engist and his peple // Vortiger þe king had bigeten on his ferste wif .iij. sones . þe ferste me callede Vortimer . þe secunde . Catagren . and þe þrid Passent . þe brito(n)s Eu(er)ichon by one assent chosen Vortymer for to ben here lord and here sou(er)ayn . and hire counceiler in eu(er)y bataile and crounede him and made him king and wolden soffren Vortiger no lenge(r) to regne for enchesou(n) of þe alliaunce bituene Engist & him // þe britouns ordeigned a gret power [^of] breto(n)s [^ to dryve owte] Engist and his companye of þe land . an ȝaf him .iij. batailes þe ferste was in Kent þere þat he was lord þe secunde was at Tetteforde and þe þridde was in a shire a þishalf cool in a moore and in þis bataile ham mette Catagren and Horn Engistes broþ(er) so þat eu(er)ich of ham slowgh oþer . but for as muche þat þe
transcription
comen vp in to þis lande and fram þat tyme in to þis time it haþ be wel vsede // þe king [...] sawgh þe fairnesse of Ro- newenne and his armes laide aboute hire nekke and .iij. swetly kessede hire . and anon right he was anamered vppon hire þat he desirede to haue hire to wif . and axede of Engist hire fader . and Engist g(ra)untede oppon þis couenau(n)t þat þe king shulde ȝeue him al þe cuntre of Kent þat he mighte duellen in and al his peple : þe king him gr(au)nted p(ri)uely with a good wille and anon after he spousede þe damisele þat was muche confusiou(n) to him self and þ(er)fore alle þe britou(n)s bicomen so wroþ for enchesou(n) þat he had spoused a wo(m)man of misbileue wherfore þey wente alle fro him and noþing to him toke kepe ne helpe him in þinges þat he hadde to done . How Vortimer þat was Vortigers sone þat was made king and Engist driuen oute and how Vortim(er) [...] was slayn þorugh Ronewenne . Capo. lviijo. This Engist [...] wente in to Kent and seisede al þe lande in to his hand for him and for his men and bicomen in a litel while of so g(re)t poer and so muche peple hadde þat men wiste nouȝt in litel time whiche were þe king(es) men and whiche were þere Engist(es) men wherfore al Britaigne had of him drede and sayde amon- ges ham þat ȝif þey ne toke oþ(er) councel bituene ham. al þe land shulde ben bitrayed þorugh Engist and his peple // Vortiger þe king had bigeten on his ferste wif .iij. sones . þe ferste me callede Vortimer . þe secunde . Catagren . and þe þrid Passent . þe brito(n)s Eu(er)ichon by one assent chosen Vortymer for to ben here lord and here sou(er)ayn . and hire counceiler in eu(er)y bataile and crounede him and made him king and wolden soffren Vortiger no lenge(r) to regne for enchesou(n) of þe alliaunce bituene Engist & him // þe britouns ordeigned a gret power [^of] breto(n)s [^ to dryve owte] Engist and his companye of þe land . an ȝaf him .iij. batailes þe ferste was in Kent þere þat he was lord þe secunde was at Tetteforde and þe þridde was in a shire a þishalf cool in a moore and in þis bataile ham mette Catagren and Horn Engistes broþ(er) so þat eu(er)ich of ham slowgh oþer . but for as muche þat þe
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
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
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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
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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:
245
multi_page_number
245
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