COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925074dc
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JRL0925074dc
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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's castle
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King Vortiger's castle
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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:
21v
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21v
Page
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Image Sequence Number:
021v
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021v
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Description:
The tale of how Vortiger tries to build a castle in Wales, but it constantly falls before completion. He is advised to temper the mortar with the blood of a child. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' W ' introduce the tale of how Vortiger seeks Merlyn (Merlin). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The tale of how Vortiger tries to build a castle in Wales, but it constantly falls before completion. He is advised to temper the mortar with the blood of a child. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' W ' introduce the tale of how Vortiger seeks Merlyn (Merlin). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
tuene his men he delyu(er)ed Vortiger out of prisoun(~) and soffred him frely to gone whider þat he wolde and he nome his weye and went in to Walys þere þat his britouns duellede for as muche as þat londe was st(ro)ng and wikked to wynne . and En- gist neu(er)e com þere ne knew it neu(er) bifore þat lande // Vortiger helde him there wiþ his britouns and axede counceil what him was best al for to done and þey ȝaue him counceil to ma- ke a st(ro)ng castel þat he mighte him self þ(er)inne kepe and defen de if it nede were // Masouns in haste þo were fette and bigonne þe werk vppon þe hulle of Breigh but certes þus it bifell al þe werk þat þe masou(~)s made a day a doun(~) it fel a nyȝt and þat ferde so .iij. times or .iiij. Wher of þey hadden gret wonder what it mighte be : and þ(er) of þe king was sore annoyede of þat chaunce and wiste nouȝt what to done wherfore he lete sende after þe wiseste clerkes and also lewede men þat weren þorugh out Walys þat mighte be(~) founde for þey shulde telle wherfore þe foundeme(~)t so faillede vnder þe werk and þat þey shulde him telle what was best to done and whanne þe wiseste me(~) longe time hadde studied þey seide to þe king þat he shulde don seke a child born of a wy(~) man þat neu(er) had wiþ man to done and þat child he shulde sloen and te(~)p(er)e wiþ þe blood þe mort(er) of þe werk and so shulde þe werk eu(er)e endure wiþouten ende How þe king lete se- che Merlyn þorugh al Walys for to speke w(t) him Cap(o). lxj(o). Whanne þe king herde þis he comaunded his messag(er)s anon to wende þorugh out Walis to seke þ(t) childe ȝif þey mighte him fynde and þat þey shulde bring him forþ wiþ ham vn to him and in recorde and witnesse of þis þing he had take ham his l(ett)re þat þey ne were destour bled of no man ne lette // And so faste þo spedden þe messa gers þat þey come vnto a toun þat me callede Kermedyn and as þey passed forth here way . þey founden .ij. children of .xiiij. ȝer age chidden yfere hasty wordes and on of ham saide to þat oþ(er) // Donebat q(uod) he ȝe don al wronge to chide
transcription
tuene his men he delyu(er)ed Vortiger out of prisoun(~) and soffred him frely to gone whider þat he wolde and he nome his weye and went in to Walys þere þat his britouns duellede for as muche as þat londe was st(ro)ng and wikked to wynne . and En- gist neu(er)e com þere ne knew it neu(er) bifore þat lande // Vortiger helde him there wiþ his britouns and axede counceil what him was best al for to done and þey ȝaue him counceil to ma- ke a st(ro)ng castel þat he mighte him self þ(er)inne kepe and defen de if it nede were // Masouns in haste þo were fette and bigonne þe werk vppon þe hulle of Breigh but certes þus it bifell al þe werk þat þe masou(~)s made a day a doun(~) it fel a nyȝt and þat ferde so .iij. times or .iiij. Wher of þey hadden gret wonder what it mighte be : and þ(er) of þe king was sore annoyede of þat chaunce and wiste nouȝt what to done wherfore he lete sende after þe wiseste clerkes and also lewede men þat weren þorugh out Walys þat mighte be(~) founde for þey shulde telle wherfore þe foundeme(~)t so faillede vnder þe werk and þat þey shulde him telle what was best to done and whanne þe wiseste me(~) longe time hadde studied þey seide to þe king þat he shulde don seke a child born of a wy(~) man þat neu(er) had wiþ man to done and þat child he shulde sloen and te(~)p(er)e wiþ þe blood þe mort(er) of þe werk and so shulde þe werk eu(er)e endure wiþouten ende How þe king lete se- che Merlyn þorugh al Walys for to speke w(t) him Cap(o). lxj(o). Whanne þe king herde þis he comaunded his messag(er)s anon to wende þorugh out Walis to seke þ(t) childe ȝif þey mighte him fynde and þat þey shulde bring him forþ wiþ ham vn to him and in recorde and witnesse of þis þing he had take ham his l(ett)re þat þey ne were destour bled of no man ne lette // And so faste þo spedden þe messa gers þat þey come vnto a toun þat me callede Kermedyn and as þey passed forth here way . þey founden .ij. children of .xiiij. ȝer age chidden yfere hasty wordes and on of ham saide to þat oþ(er) // Donebat q(uod) he ȝe don al wronge to chide
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Wales--History--To 1063
subject
Wales--History--To 1063
Subject
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Subject:
Arthurian romances
subject
Arthurian romances
Subject
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
People Covered:
Merlin (Legendary character)
people_covered
Merlin (Legendary character)
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
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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
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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>
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:
260
multi_page_number
260
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