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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925072dc
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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:
20v
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20v
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Image Sequence Number:
020v
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020v
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Description:
How Renewenne poisoned Vortimer. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of how Vortiger is again crowned king, and how Engist returns to England. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
How Renewenne poisoned Vortimer. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of how Vortiger is again crowned king, and how Engist returns to England. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
cuntre was ȝeven longe bifore to Horne þorugh Vortiger þo he hadde spoused his cosyn þe(r) he had made a faire castell þat me called Horncastel after his owene name // And Vortymer was so annoyed for his broþ(er)es deth Catagren þat he was ded in such manere wherfore anon he lete felle þe castel to grounde and af- ter þat he ne lefte night ne day til he had dryuen out Engist and al his peple of þe lande // And whanne Engist was dryuen a way . Renewenne his doughter made sorwe ynowgh and queyn tely spak to ham þat were next þe king Vortimer and p(ri)uyest with him and so muche she ȝaf ham of ȝiftes þat he was apoy- sened and deide at Londou(~)þe .iiij. ȝere of his regne and þere he lith . How þe Britouns chosen anoþ(er) time Vortiger to ben hire king and Engist come in to þis lande aȝen and þey foughten togi [...] // dere Capo. lixo. After Vortimers deth þe Britouns by [...] here comune assent eftsones makede Vortiger hir king oppon þis couenaunt / þat he shulde neu(er) after soffren Engist ne none of his eftsones shulde come in to þis lande // And whanne al þis was done Ronowenne þe queene p(ri)uyly sente by lettre to Engist þat she had enpoysoned Vortimer and þat Vortiger hir lord aȝen bar þe croune and regnede and þat he shulde come aȝen in to þat lande well arraiede with muche peple for to avenge him oppon þe britouns and to wynne his lande aȝen // Of þis tidinge Engist made gret ioye and apparaillede him hastely wi .xv. Ml. men þat were doughty in eu(er)y bataile // And whan Vortiger herde telle þat Engist was come aȝen with a gret poer in to þis lande he assemblede his britouns and þo wente aȝens Engist for to haue ȝeue him bataile and his folc : but Engist dred him sore of þe britouns for þey had scomfited him biforn hand and dryuen oute wiþ strengþ(e) wherfore Engist prayede of a loue day and seide he was nouȝt comen in to þis lande for to fighte but to haue his lande aȝen of Kent ȝif he mighte acorde wiþ þe britouns and of ham haue grace // þe king Vorti- ger porugh councel of his britou(~)s g(ra)untede a loue day and þus it was ordeigned þorugh þe britou(~)s þat same loueday shulde
transcription
cuntre was ȝeven longe bifore to Horne þorugh Vortiger þo he hadde spoused his cosyn þe(r) he had made a faire castell þat me called Horncastel after his owene name // And Vortymer was so annoyed for his broþ(er)es deth Catagren þat he was ded in such manere wherfore anon he lete felle þe castel to grounde and af- ter þat he ne lefte night ne day til he had dryuen out Engist and al his peple of þe lande // And whanne Engist was dryuen a way . Renewenne his doughter made sorwe ynowgh and queyn tely spak to ham þat were next þe king Vortimer and p(ri)uyest with him and so muche she ȝaf ham of ȝiftes þat he was apoy- sened and deide at Londou(~)þe .iiij. ȝere of his regne and þere he lith . How þe Britouns chosen anoþ(er) time Vortiger to ben hire king and Engist come in to þis lande aȝen and þey foughten togi [...] // dere Capo. lixo. After Vortimers deth þe Britouns by [...] here comune assent eftsones makede Vortiger hir king oppon þis couenaunt / þat he shulde neu(er) after soffren Engist ne none of his eftsones shulde come in to þis lande // And whanne al þis was done Ronowenne þe queene p(ri)uyly sente by lettre to Engist þat she had enpoysoned Vortimer and þat Vortiger hir lord aȝen bar þe croune and regnede and þat he shulde come aȝen in to þat lande well arraiede with muche peple for to avenge him oppon þe britouns and to wynne his lande aȝen // Of þis tidinge Engist made gret ioye and apparaillede him hastely wi .xv. Ml. men þat were doughty in eu(er)y bataile // And whan Vortiger herde telle þat Engist was come aȝen with a gret poer in to þis lande he assemblede his britouns and þo wente aȝens Engist for to haue ȝeue him bataile and his folc : but Engist dred him sore of þe britouns for þey had scomfited him biforn hand and dryuen oute wiþ strengþ(e) wherfore Engist prayede of a loue day and seide he was nouȝt comen in to þis lande for to fighte but to haue his lande aȝen of Kent ȝif he mighte acorde wiþ þe britouns and of ham haue grace // þe king Vorti- ger porugh councel of his britou(~)s g(ra)untede a loue day and þus it was ordeigned þorugh þe britou(~)s þat same loueday shulde
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)
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
false
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
<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>
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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
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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:
250
multi_page_number
250
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