Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Arthur
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Image Number:
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JRL0925089dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 103
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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King Arthur
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
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29r
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Image Sequence Number:
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029r
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Description:
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Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how King Arthur defeats the Saxons at Bath. The tale of how Arthur fights the Scots. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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and arryuede at Tottenesse and wente out of hire shippes and nome þe land and thene robbede it / and muche peple slough and token al þe armure þat þey mighte fynde & so þey wente forþ til þey comen to Bathe . but þe men of þe tou(~) shitten faste hire ȝates and wolde nouȝt soffre ham come wiþinne þe tou(~). and þey defendede ham wel and orpedely aȝens ham. How Arthure ȝaf bataile to þe Saxones whanne þei comen aȝen and bisegede þe tou(~)n of Bathe and ham ouercome Capitulo : lxxiiijo. Whanne .Arthure herde þis tydinge he lete honge anon(~) þe hostages. and lefte hoel of Britaigne his neuev for to kepe þe march towardes Scotland wiþ half his peple and him self wente to helpe rescue þe toun(~) of Bathe . and whan he come þeder he ȝaf a st(ro)ng bataile to Cheldrik and q(ue)lde almost al þe peple þat he hadde : for no man mighte him w(t)stande ne endure vnder þe stroke of his suerde and þ(er)e boþ(e) were slayn Coleg(re)n and Bladud his broþ(er) // And Chel drik fledde þennes and wolde haue gon to his shippes but whanne Arthure it wiste he toke .x.ml. knightes to Cador þat was Erl of Cornewaile for to lette and stoppe his comynge and Arthure him self wente aȝen toward þe march of Scotland . ffor messag(er)s tolden him þat þe Scottes hadde biseged Hoel of Britaigne þ(er)e þat he lay sike and þ(er)fore he hastede þiderwarde . and Cador pursuede after Cheldrik and toke him er þat he mighte come to his ship- pes and quelde Cheldrik and his peple and whanne Ca- dor had don þis viage he hastede him aȝen as faste as he mighte toward Arthur and fond him in Scotland þ(er)e þat he had rescued . Hoel of Britaigne : but þo Scottes were alle ferre wiþinne Mounref and þ(er)e þey helde ham a while. but Arthur ham pursuede and þey fledde þenne(s) forþ in to lymoigne þat were in þat cuntre .lx.Jles and gret plente of briddes and gret plente of Egles þat were woned to c(r)e and fighte(~) to gidres and make gret noyse
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Arthurian romances
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Subject:
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Scotland--History--To 1057
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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Places Covered:
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Scotland
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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Arthur, King
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Item Height:
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278 mm
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Item Width:
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183 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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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)
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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-22
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Multi Page Number:
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335
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2010-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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