COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925076dc
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JRL0925076dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 103
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English MS 103
Reference Number
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Previous Accession Number:
R15385
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Vortiger and Merlyn
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King Vortiger and Merlyn
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Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Parent Work Title
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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]
Date Created
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Page:
22v
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22v
Page
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Image Sequence Number:
022v
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022v
Image Sequence Number
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Description:
An illuminated initial 'W' introduces the tale of how Merlyn tells Vortiger that two dragons are fighting in a pool under the castle. Vortiger's men mine deeply and find a red and a white dragon fighting. The white dragon overcomes the red. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
An illuminated initial 'W' introduces the tale of how Merlyn tells Vortiger that two dragons are fighting in a pool under the castle. Vortiger's men mine deeply and find a red and a white dragon fighting. The white dragon overcomes the red. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
Whan Merlyn had herd al þat his moder had saide : he spak to þe king in þis manere : sire how J was bigeten axe ȝe no more . for it falleþ nouȝt to ȝow ne to non oþ(er) for to wite . but telleth me enchesou(~) wherfore J am to ȝow brouȝt and wherfore ȝe haue sent aft(er) me // Certes q(uo)d þe king : my wise counceilers hauen don me to vnderstande þat þ(e) mort(er) of a werk þat J haue don bigonne bihoueþ be tempred with ȝoure blood or þe foundeme(~)t shal faille for eu(er)more // Sire q(uo)d M(er)lyn Wile ȝe sle me for my blood for to temp(er)e with ȝou re morter : ȝe quod þe king or ell(es) shal neu(er)e my castel stonde as my counceilers don me to vnderstonde // þo ansuerde Merlyn to þe king : sire he saide lete ham come bifore me þo wyse councelers and J wil p(ro)ue þat þey seye nouȝt wel ne trewely . And whanne þe wise were comen // Merlyn axe de ȝif his blood were þe enchesou(~) to make þe werk stande to endure . Alle þese wise weren abasshede and couþ(e) nouȝt ansuere // Merlyn þo saide to þe king sire J shal telle ȝow þe enchesou(~) wherfore ȝoure werk þus falleþ and may noȝt stonde . þere is vnder þe mountayne þ(er)e þat ȝe haue bigonne ȝoure tour a grete ponde of wat(er) . and in þe botme of þe pon- de vnd(er) þe wat(er) þere be .ij. dragouns þat on is whit and þ(t) oþer rede þat fighte togid(er)e agayn ȝour werk . Doth myne depe til ȝoure men come to þe ponde and doth ȝour men take a way þe wat(er) al out / and þanne ȝe shull se þe dra- gouns as y haue ȝow tolde þat togidre fighten agayne ȝoure werk . and þis is þe enchesou(~) certes wherfore þe foundeme(~)t failleþ // þe king anon lete digge vnder til þat me(~) come(~) to þat ponde & lete don a way al þat wat(er) and þe(~)þey founde .ij. d(ra)gouns as M(er)lyn had tolde þat eg(e)- ly foughten togidres // þe white dragoun egrely assailede þe reede and laide on him so st(ro)ngly þat he might nouȝt endure but wiþdrow him and hid him in þe same cafe and restede // And whanne he had a while restede : he wente bifore and assailede þe reede dragou(~)n angrily &
transcription
Whan Merlyn had herd al þat his moder had saide : he spak to þe king in þis manere : sire how J was bigeten axe ȝe no more . for it falleþ nouȝt to ȝow ne to non oþ(er) for to wite . but telleth me enchesou(~) wherfore J am to ȝow brouȝt and wherfore ȝe haue sent aft(er) me // Certes q(uo)d þe king : my wise counceilers hauen don me to vnderstande þat þ(e) mort(er) of a werk þat J haue don bigonne bihoueþ be tempred with ȝoure blood or þe foundeme(~)t shal faille for eu(er)more // Sire q(uo)d M(er)lyn Wile ȝe sle me for my blood for to temp(er)e with ȝou re morter : ȝe quod þe king or ell(es) shal neu(er)e my castel stonde as my counceilers don me to vnderstonde // þo ansuerde Merlyn to þe king : sire he saide lete ham come bifore me þo wyse councelers and J wil p(ro)ue þat þey seye nouȝt wel ne trewely . And whanne þe wise were comen // Merlyn axe de ȝif his blood were þe enchesou(~) to make þe werk stande to endure . Alle þese wise weren abasshede and couþ(e) nouȝt ansuere // Merlyn þo saide to þe king sire J shal telle ȝow þe enchesou(~) wherfore ȝoure werk þus falleþ and may noȝt stonde . þere is vnder þe mountayne þ(er)e þat ȝe haue bigonne ȝoure tour a grete ponde of wat(er) . and in þe botme of þe pon- de vnd(er) þe wat(er) þere be .ij. dragouns þat on is whit and þ(t) oþer rede þat fighte togid(er)e agayn ȝour werk . Doth myne depe til ȝoure men come to þe ponde and doth ȝour men take a way þe wat(er) al out / and þanne ȝe shull se þe dra- gouns as y haue ȝow tolde þat togidre fighten agayne ȝoure werk . and þis is þe enchesou(~) certes wherfore þe foundeme(~)t failleþ // þe king anon lete digge vnder til þat me(~) come(~) to þat ponde & lete don a way al þat wat(er) and þe(~)þey founde .ij. d(ra)gouns as M(er)lyn had tolde þat eg(e)- ly foughten togidres // þe white dragoun egrely assailede þe reede and laide on him so st(ro)ngly þat he might nouȝt endure but wiþdrow him and hid him in þe same cafe and restede // And whanne he had a while restede : he wente bifore and assailede þe reede dragou(~)n angrily &
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
false
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
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:
270
multi_page_number
270
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