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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925077dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 103
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
R15385
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Image Title:
King Vortiger and Merlyn's prophecy
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King Vortiger and Merlyn's prophecy
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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:
23r
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Image Sequence Number:
023r
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023r
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Description:
Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'T' introduce the tale of Merlyn's prophecy about the return of the Saxoynes (Saxons) . Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'M' introduce the tale of King Aurilambros. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'T' introduce the tale of Merlyn's prophecy about the return of the Saxoynes (Saxons) . Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'M' introduce the tale of King Aurilambros. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
helde him so sore þat he mighte nouȝt aȝens him endure but wiþdrew him & restede // And after come aȝen þ(e) white dragoun(~) and st(ro)ngly faught w(t) þe rede dragoun(~) and bote him euele and him ou(er)come þat he fley þennes and no more come aȝene Of þe significaciou(~) of þe .ij. dragou(~)s þat were in þe botme of þe ponde þat foughten togidere . Cap(o). lxiij(o): : The king Vortiger . and his men þat saughe þis bataile hadde gret meruaile and praiede Merlyn to telle hy(~) what it mighte bitokene // Sire quod M(er)lyn J shal ȝow telle þe reede dragou(~) bitokeneþ ȝoure self and þe whitee bitokn(t) þe folc of Saxoyne þat ferst ȝe toke and helde in þis lande þat now fighten aȝens ȝow and ȝow haue dryuen and enchaced // But þ(e) britouns þat ben of ȝoure lynage ou(er)comen ham and driuen ham a while and sithen at þe comynge aȝen of þe Saxoynes þey recou(er)ede þis lande and helde it for eu(er)more and dryuen out þe britouns and dede with þis lande al hire wille and destroyede c(ri)stendome þorugh out þis lande // ȝe had ferst ioye of hire comynge . but now it is turned to ȝow gret damage and sorwe . ffo(r) þo .ij. breþ(er)en of Constance þat was king ȝe lete slee . shullen come bifore a quinȝime passede wiþ a gret poer fram litel Britaigne and shulle avenge þe deþ of hire broþ(er) and þey shulle brenne ȝow ferst w(t) sorwe and aft(er) þey shulle sle a gret partie of Saxosons and shullen dryuen al þe remenaunt of þ(e) lande and þ(er)fore abide ȝe here no leng(er)e to make no castel ne non oþ(er) werk but anon goþ ell(es) where ȝour lif al for to saue . to god J ȝow bitake for trewþe J haue sayde to ȝow of þing þat shal bifalle and vnderstondeþ wel þat Aurilambros shal be king . but he shal be enpoisoned and litel tyme regne . Of king Aurilambros how he pursuede Vortig(er) [...] // and Engist and how þey deiden . C(o). lxiiij(o). Merlyn [...] and his mooder dep(ar)tede fro þe king and turnede aȝen to Kermerdyne and so after tydinge come to þe bri- touns þat Aurilambros and Vter his broþ(er) were arryued
transcription
helde him so sore þat he mighte nouȝt aȝens him endure but wiþdrew him & restede // And after come aȝen þ(e) white dragoun(~) and st(ro)ngly faught w(t) þe rede dragoun(~) and bote him euele and him ou(er)come þat he fley þennes and no more come aȝene Of þe significaciou(~) of þe .ij. dragou(~)s þat were in þe botme of þe ponde þat foughten togidere . Cap(o). lxiij(o): : The king Vortiger . and his men þat saughe þis bataile hadde gret meruaile and praiede Merlyn to telle hy(~) what it mighte bitokene // Sire quod M(er)lyn J shal ȝow telle þe reede dragou(~) bitokeneþ ȝoure self and þe whitee bitokn(t) þe folc of Saxoyne þat ferst ȝe toke and helde in þis lande þat now fighten aȝens ȝow and ȝow haue dryuen and enchaced // But þ(e) britouns þat ben of ȝoure lynage ou(er)comen ham and driuen ham a while and sithen at þe comynge aȝen of þe Saxoynes þey recou(er)ede þis lande and helde it for eu(er)more and dryuen out þe britouns and dede with þis lande al hire wille and destroyede c(ri)stendome þorugh out þis lande // ȝe had ferst ioye of hire comynge . but now it is turned to ȝow gret damage and sorwe . ffo(r) þo .ij. breþ(er)en of Constance þat was king ȝe lete slee . shullen come bifore a quinȝime passede wiþ a gret poer fram litel Britaigne and shulle avenge þe deþ of hire broþ(er) and þey shulle brenne ȝow ferst w(t) sorwe and aft(er) þey shulle sle a gret partie of Saxosons and shullen dryuen al þe remenaunt of þ(e) lande and þ(er)fore abide ȝe here no leng(er)e to make no castel ne non oþ(er) werk but anon goþ ell(es) where ȝour lif al for to saue . to god J ȝow bitake for trewþe J haue sayde to ȝow of þing þat shal bifalle and vnderstondeþ wel þat Aurilambros shal be king . but he shal be enpoisoned and litel tyme regne . Of king Aurilambros how he pursuede Vortig(er) [...] // and Engist and how þey deiden . C(o). lxiiij(o). Merlyn [...] and his mooder dep(ar)tede fro þe king and turnede aȝen to Kermerdyne and so after tydinge come to þe bri- touns þat Aurilambros and Vter his broþ(er) were arryued
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
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Subject:
Arthurian romances
subject
Arthurian romances
Subject
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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
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
sub_category
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
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Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
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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
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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
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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:
275
multi_page_number
275
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