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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925073dc
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JRL0925073dc
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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 Engist
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King Vortiger and Engist
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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:
21r
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21r
Page
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Image Sequence Number:
021r
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021r
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Description:
The tale of how Engist gained power over the whole land. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' W ' introduce the tale of how Vortiger went into Wales (Walys). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The tale of how Engist gained power over the whole land. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' W ' introduce the tale of how Vortiger went into Wales (Walys). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
ben holden faste bisides Salesberye oppon a hille . and Engist shulde come þeder with .iiij. C. knightes wiþoute mo and þe king wiþ as meny of þe wiseste of his lande // And at þat day þe king come w(t) his counceil as it was ordeigned : but Engist had warned his knightes p(ri)ueleche and ham com(~)aunded þat eu(er)ich of ham shulde pulte a long knyf in his hose . and whanne he saide faire sires now is time to speke of loue and pes : eu(er)ich anon shulde drawe his knif and sle a britoun(~) . and so þey q(ue)l- de xxx. Ml. and lxj. of knightes and wiþ muche sorwe many of ham ascapede and Vortiger him self was taken and lad to Twongcastel and pulte in to prisoun(~). and somme of Engistes men wolde þat þe king had ben brend al quik // And Vortiger þo to haue his lif g(ra)untede ham as muche as þey wolde axen and ȝaf op al þe lande. tounes and casteles citees and Burghes to Engist and to his folc and alle þe britouns fledde þennes in to Walys and þere helde ham stille . And Engist wente þorugh þe lande and seisede al þe lande wiþ fraunchises and in eu(er)y place lete caste a doun chirches and houses of Religioun(~) and destroiede c(ri)stendome þorugh þe lande and lete chaunge þ(e) name of þe lande þat no man of his were so hardy after þat tyme to calle þis lande Britaigne : but calle it Engisteslande . and he dep(ar)tede al þat lande to his me(~) and þe(r) made .vij. kinges for to strenþ(e) þe land þat þe britouns shulde neu(er) after comen þ(er)in- ne // þe ferste kingdome was Kent þere þat Engist him self regnede and was lord and maister ou(er) alle þe oþere // Anoþer king had Southsex where now is Chichestr // þe þridde king had Westsex // þe . ferþ(e) king had Essex // þe vifte king had Estangill þat now is called Northfolc . Southfolc Mercheme- riche þat is to sayn þe Erldome of Nichole // þe vj . had Leicestr shire Norh(a)mptsshire H(er)ford and Huntyngdon // þe vij . hadde Oxenforde . Gloucestr . Wynchestr Warwik and Derby schire How Vortiger wente in to Walys and bigan þ(er)e a castell þat wolde nouȝt stande wiþoute mort(er) te(~)pred w(t) blood Co. lxmo. Whanne Engist had dep(ar)ted al þe lande in þis manere by-
transcription
ben holden faste bisides Salesberye oppon a hille . and Engist shulde come þeder with .iiij. C. knightes wiþoute mo and þe king wiþ as meny of þe wiseste of his lande // And at þat day þe king come w(t) his counceil as it was ordeigned : but Engist had warned his knightes p(ri)ueleche and ham com(~)aunded þat eu(er)ich of ham shulde pulte a long knyf in his hose . and whanne he saide faire sires now is time to speke of loue and pes : eu(er)ich anon shulde drawe his knif and sle a britoun(~) . and so þey q(ue)l- de xxx. Ml. and lxj. of knightes and wiþ muche sorwe many of ham ascapede and Vortiger him self was taken and lad to Twongcastel and pulte in to prisoun(~). and somme of Engistes men wolde þat þe king had ben brend al quik // And Vortiger þo to haue his lif g(ra)untede ham as muche as þey wolde axen and ȝaf op al þe lande. tounes and casteles citees and Burghes to Engist and to his folc and alle þe britouns fledde þennes in to Walys and þere helde ham stille . And Engist wente þorugh þe lande and seisede al þe lande wiþ fraunchises and in eu(er)y place lete caste a doun chirches and houses of Religioun(~) and destroiede c(ri)stendome þorugh þe lande and lete chaunge þ(e) name of þe lande þat no man of his were so hardy after þat tyme to calle þis lande Britaigne : but calle it Engisteslande . and he dep(ar)tede al þat lande to his me(~) and þe(r) made .vij. kinges for to strenþ(e) þe land þat þe britouns shulde neu(er) after comen þ(er)in- ne // þe ferste kingdome was Kent þere þat Engist him self regnede and was lord and maister ou(er) alle þe oþere // Anoþer king had Southsex where now is Chichestr // þe þridde king had Westsex // þe . ferþ(e) king had Essex // þe vifte king had Estangill þat now is called Northfolc . Southfolc Mercheme- riche þat is to sayn þe Erldome of Nichole // þe vj . had Leicestr shire Norh(a)mptsshire H(er)ford and Huntyngdon // þe vij . hadde Oxenforde . Gloucestr . Wynchestr Warwik and Derby schire How Vortiger wente in to Walys and bigan þ(er)e a castell þat wolde nouȝt stande wiþoute mort(er) te(~)pred w(t) blood Co. lxmo. Whanne Engist had dep(ar)ted al þe lande in þis manere by-
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
false
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
false
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
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:
255
multi_page_number
255
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