COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925072dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Vortiger and King Vortimer
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
20v
Image Sequence Number:
020v
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.
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
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Vortigern, active 450
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:
250
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 Vortiger and King Vortimer
