COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925081dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Aurilambros
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
25r
Image Sequence Number:
025r
Description:
The tale of how King Aurilambros is poisoned by Coppa, who is working for Passent and King Guyllomer. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how a star appears. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
wolde me avenge oppon þe britouns raþer þan þey in to my lan- de comen and token þe stones wiþ strengthe þat called is Geauntȝ Karvill // þe king Guyllomer lete ordeigne his shipes and wente to þe see wiþ .xv. þousand men and arryuede in Walis and by- gonne to robbe and muche sorwe to done // Hit bifel so þat king Aurilambros lay sike at Wynchestr(e) and might nouȝt helpe him self . So þat he sente in his name Vter his broþ(er) wiþ a gret poer for to helpe Wales and þederward he wente as muche as he mighte // þe king of Irland and Passent had herd telle þat Aurilambros was sike : and to him come a sarasyn þat me cal- lede Coppa . and sayde sire quod he duelle ȝe here all in pees wiþ ȝoure ost . and J bihote ȝow þorugh my queintise þat J shal sle þe king Aurilambros þat lith sike . yf ȝe done q(uo)d Passent .J. shal ȝow richely au(au)nce . // þis treto(ur) Coppa putte oppon him an habite of Religiou(~) and lete shaue him a brode croune and come to þe kinges court and saide þ(t) he was a good fisician and sey- de þat he wolde hele þe king of his maladie // þo saide þe trey- tour Coppa vnto þe king // sire beth of good confort for J shal ȝyue ȝow swich a medicine þat ȝe shulle swete anon rigth and softe slepe and haue good reste . and þe traito(ur) ȝaf him such a poisou(~) þat he slepte anon right and deide in his slepinge . And þe traito(ur) seide þat he wolde gon oute in to þe felde til þe kinge were awaked and so ascaped he a wey for no man had to him suspeciou(~) for enchesou(~) of his habite þat he was in cloþed and also for his brode croune // But whanne þe kinges mayne wiste vat he was dede : þey bicomen wonder sory and faste soughte þe traito(ur) . but þey mighte nought him fynde . for Cop- pa turnede aȝen to þe ost fro whennes þat he com . Whanne Aurilambros was dede a sterre in þe mornynge was seyn wiþ a clere light and att þe bouȝte of þe beme was seye þe heed of [...] an horrible dragoun C(o) . lxviij(o) . Whanne þe kinge [...] Aurilambros was þus ded and enpoysouned at Wyn- chestr(e) . amorn aft(er) þ(t) he was ded oboute þe time of p(ri)me þere was seyn a sterre grete and clere and þe beem of þat sterre
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
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:
295
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 Aurilambros
