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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925105dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 103
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
R15385
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Arthur & the Romans
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King Arthur & the Romans
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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:
37r
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37r
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Image Sequence Number:
037r
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037r
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Description:
The tale of how King Arthur and his men battle with the Roman army, and how the Roman emperor is killed. Red rubrication introduces the tale of how King Arthur buries the slain. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The tale of how King Arthur and his men battle with the Roman army, and how the Roman emperor is killed. Red rubrication introduces the tale of how King Arthur buries the slain. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Description
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Transcription:
no maner trust þey haue to god but onliche oppon hire strenthe Gowe now and seche ham sharpliche in þe name of almighti god: and sle we þe paynyms and cristene men þat be enemys wiþ ham for to destroie c(ri)stene men and god shal vs helpe for we haue þe right and þ(er)fore haue we good trist in god. and do we so þ(t) þ(e) enemys þat ben to c(ri)stendome and to god mo- we ben dede and destroiede and þat men mowe recorde þe worþinesse of knyghthode // Whanne king Arthur had þus sayde: þey c(ri)eden alle wiþ an hie voice. god fader almighti worshiped be þy name wiþouten ende. Amen. and g(ra)unte vs grace wel to done and to destroye oure enemys þat bene aȝens c(ri)stendome. Jn þe name of þe fader and of þe some & of þe holy goost. Amen. and god ȝeue him neu(er)e g(ra)ce ne worshipe in þe world ne mercy of him to haue: þat þis day shal feynten wel for to smyte and egrely // And so þey ri- den softely and ordeignede hire wynges wel and wisely. þe Emp(er)our herde telle þat king Arthur and his folc we- re redy arraiede for to fighte wiþ him and þider þey come were. he ordeignede his winges in þe beste manere þat he mighte: and more t(ri)ste oppon his strengthe þan in god al- mighty // and þat was seyn aftirwarde. ffor whanne þe .ij. hostes metten: þe Emp(er)our loste suche foure of his folc as dede king Arthur. and so many were slayne what in o syde and in oþ(er). þat it was gret piete to wite and to se. Jn þis bataile were slayn þorugh king Arthur .v. king(es) of þe paynyms and of oþ(er)e wonder muche peple. and king Arthures men foughten so wel þat þe Romayns and pay- nymes had nomore strengthe to wiþstonde þan .xx. shepe aȝens .v. wolfes // And so it bifel þat in þis bataile in a shour þat was wonder harde and longe durynge in þat o syde and in þat oþ(er). þe Emp(er)o(ur) amonges ham þere was slayn: but no man wiste for soþe who him slow. How king Arthur lete entere his knightes þad he had lost in þe bataile and how he sente þ(e) Emp(er)ours body to Rome þat þ(er)e was slayn in bataile Coxxiiij.vjo.
transcription
no maner trust þey haue to god but onliche oppon hire strenthe Gowe now and seche ham sharpliche in þe name of almighti god: and sle we þe paynyms and cristene men þat be enemys wiþ ham for to destroie c(ri)stene men and god shal vs helpe for we haue þe right and þ(er)fore haue we good trist in god. and do we so þ(t) þ(e) enemys þat ben to c(ri)stendome and to god mo- we ben dede and destroiede and þat men mowe recorde þe worþinesse of knyghthode // Whanne king Arthur had þus sayde: þey c(ri)eden alle wiþ an hie voice. god fader almighti worshiped be þy name wiþouten ende. Amen. and g(ra)unte vs grace wel to done and to destroye oure enemys þat bene aȝens c(ri)stendome. Jn þe name of þe fader and of þe some & of þe holy goost. Amen. and god ȝeue him neu(er)e g(ra)ce ne worshipe in þe world ne mercy of him to haue: þat þis day shal feynten wel for to smyte and egrely // And so þey ri- den softely and ordeignede hire wynges wel and wisely. þe Emp(er)our herde telle þat king Arthur and his folc we- re redy arraiede for to fighte wiþ him and þider þey come were. he ordeignede his winges in þe beste manere þat he mighte: and more t(ri)ste oppon his strengthe þan in god al- mighty // and þat was seyn aftirwarde. ffor whanne þe .ij. hostes metten: þe Emp(er)our loste suche foure of his folc as dede king Arthur. and so many were slayne what in o syde and in oþ(er). þat it was gret piete to wite and to se. Jn þis bataile were slayn þorugh king Arthur .v. king(es) of þe paynyms and of oþ(er)e wonder muche peple. and king Arthures men foughten so wel þat þe Romayns and pay- nymes had nomore strengthe to wiþstonde þan .xx. shepe aȝens .v. wolfes // And so it bifel þat in þis bataile in a shour þat was wonder harde and longe durynge in þat o syde and in þat oþ(er). þe Emp(er)o(ur) amonges ham þere was slayn: but no man wiste for soþe who him slow. How king Arthur lete entere his knightes þad he had lost in þe bataile and how he sente þ(e) Emp(er)ours body to Rome þat þ(er)e was slayn in bataile Coxxiiij.vjo.
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
subject
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Subject:
Great Britain--History
subject
Great Britain--History
Subject
false
Subject:
Arthurian romances
subject
Arthurian romances
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England
subject
Chronicles of England
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
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Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
technique_used
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:
Arthur, King
people_covered
Arthur, King
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:
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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:
415
multi_page_number
415
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