COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925111dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Kings Edelf, Curan, Conan and Cortif
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
40r
Image Sequence Number:
040r
Description:
The tale of how Curan, Havelocke's son, inherits wealth and power and slays Edelf. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of King Conan. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of King Cortif (Certif), who was hated by his people, and who lost Britain in war. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
þo lyuede & to him he þouȝte hire shendfullyche haue mariede for to haue had hire lande aftirwarde but he w(a)s clene disceyued // ffor þis Curan þ(t) w(a)s Hauelockes sone þ(t) w(a)s king of Kirkelane in Denmark & þi(s) Curan co(~)quereden his wifes lande(s) & slough king Edlef þ(t) w(a)s his wifes vncle and had al hir lande as in anoþ(er) stede it telleþ more ope(~)ly. & he ne regned but .iij. ȝer. for Saxone(s) & danoys hi(~) q(e)lde & þ(t) was grete harme to al Britaigne. & britou(~)s ber hi(~) to Stonheng(e). & þ(er)e hi(~) entered w(t) muche hono(ur) & sole(~)pnite/ // [Of king Conan. cao. xxiiij .xiijo.] After þis. Curan regnede Conan. þat was his cosyn þat was a wonder prout knyght. and regnede and he couþ(e) nought haue no manere loue. but eu(er)e he was medeling wiþ his owene peple and toke his vncle wiþ werre and welde his .ij. children // þe Saxones werreden aȝens him often times but he ham ou(er)come at þe laste and so he was in pees al his lifes time. and he regnede .xiiij ȝere. and aft(er) he deide and lith at London Of king Cortif and of Gurmonde þat comen þorugh paynymes in to Britaigne Co. xxiiij. xiiijo. After þis. Conan. regned his cosyn Cortif þat was bihated of al his peple and noþing biloued and þis Cortif lost al Britaigne þoȝgh werre and in his tyme fel a gret meschief in Britaigne þat c(ri)stendom was destroied and alle þe Britouns were dryuen out and þe land y lost/ withouten ony recou(er)e but afterwarde lefte þe lande to Saxones as ȝe shulle afterward hure // ffor in þat tyme þere was a paynyme þat me callede. Gurmonde þ(t) was þe kinges sone. Daufrik(es) of þe paynymes folc þat had þe reaume aft(er) his fad(er) and was king sauf he biquaþ and ȝaf it to his broþ(er) and saide þat he nolde neu(er)e be king ȝif he mighte conquere and gete a reaume in a st(ra)un ge cuntree. for he was bolde and eke strong of body and of him p(ro)pheciede M(er)lyn and saide þat he shulde ben a wolf of þe see. and he lete assemble paynymes wiþ outen nombre and lete app(er)aille shippes and wente by
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
500 - 1000 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:
445
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Kings Edelf, Curan, Conan and Cortif
