Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Arthur & the Romans
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Image Number:
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JRL0925105dc
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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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King Arthur & the Romans
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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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37r
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Image Sequence Number:
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037r
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Description:
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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.
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Transcription:
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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.
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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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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Arthurian romances
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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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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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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415
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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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