Image Number:
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JRL0925092dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
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R15385
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Merlin's prophecies
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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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30v
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Image Sequence Number:
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030v
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Description:
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Merlin's allegorical prophecies for England using a bear, two owls and a goat. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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called þe white bataille // And þe forseide bere shal don þis goot muche harme and it shal ben out of þe south west and of his blood . þanne shal þe goot lese muche of his lande til at þe tyme þat shendshipe shal him ou(er)come and þanne shal he cloþen him in a leouns skyn and þanne shal he wynne þat he had lost and more þ(er)to //ffor a peple shal come out of þe Northwest þat shal make þe goot sore to ben adrad and he shal venge him of his enemys þorugh counceil of þo .ij. oweles þat ferst shulle ben in p(er)ile for to ben vndon . but þe olde owele shal wende ou(er) þe see in to a st(ra)unge land and þ(er) he shal duelle vnto a certein time and aft(er) he shal come aȝen in to þis lande // þese .ij. oweles shullen don gr(e)t harme to manyon and so þei shulle counceile þe goot þat he shal arere werre aȝens þe forsaide Bere and at þe laste þe goot and þe oweles shullen come(~) at Bure op Trent . and shullen wende ou(er) and for drede of þe bere shal fle & a swan with him fro his companye to Bur toward þe North and þ(er)e þey shullen ben wiþ an hard sho(ur) and þan(~)e þe swan shal be slayn with sorwe and þe bere taken and biheueded alþ(er) next his nest þat shal stande oppon a bro- ken brugg op wham þe sonne shal caste his bemes and meny shulleþ him seke for v(er)tue þat for him shal come. Jn þat same time shal dye for sorwe and care a peple of his lande so þat manye landes shulleth ben vppon hy(~) þe more boldere aftirward . and þo .ij. owel shulleþ do moche harme to þe forsaide flo(ur) of lif and hire shulle lede in distres- se . so þat she shal passe ou(er) in to ff(ra)unce for to make pees bituene þe goot and þe flour(e) delice and þere she shulle duelle til a time þat hire seed shal come to seche hire and þere þey shullen ben stille til a tyme þat þey shulle ham cloþe wiþ g(ra)ce . and þey shulle seche þe owles and shulle pulte ham to despitouse deth. // And aft(er) shal þis goot be brouȝt to disese and grete anguisshe and sorwe he shal leuen al his lyf.
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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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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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Handwriting
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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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England
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People Covered:
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Merlin (Legendary character)
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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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350
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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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