COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925112dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Gurmonde drives out the Britons
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
40v
Image Sequence Number:
040v
Description:
The tale of how Gurmonde destroys Britain and commits genocide. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'C' introduce the tale of how King Cortif (Certif) flees to Chichestre (Chichester). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
manye londes and toke homages and feautes of menye and so he wente by þe see fram londe to londe and conquerede diu(er)se landes so þat he com in to .Jrland. and conquerede þat lande þat ofte times werrede vppon Britou(~)s. an britou(~)s vppon ham and often wonnen and often losten and ȝeuen hostages to Britou(~)s and so þey senten to Gurmond þ(er)e þat he was in Jrland. þat he shulde come(~) in to Britaigne and helpe ham aȝens þe britou(~)s to helpe ham delyu(er)e þat lande of ham and þey wolde him holde gladly for hir lord for he was a paynyme and þey were paynymes. and þe britou(~)s were cristene. wel auȝte he þanne ham for to helpe so as þey weren of o lawe // Whenne Gurmonde herde þis p(ra)ier: he hastede him as muche as he mighte and arryuede in Scotland and com in to Northumberland þ(er)e þat þe Saxo- nes were duellyng and þey confermede þe couenauntȝ bi- twene ham þat were made by oþes and by hostages for to beren him trewe fay and halde him for to lord and paie to him trewage by ȝere // þo bigonne þe Saxones and þe. affri- cans to destroye robbe and brenne tounes. and destroye alle þing in as muchel as he mighte and sparede noþ(er) man wo(~) man ne childe. lewed ne lered þat alle þey quelde and caste adou(~) tounes and castell and churches and so pulte þey al þe lond to gret destrucciou(~) and as sone as þe might fleen: þey fledden þennes as wel pore as riche. Bisshopps Abbotes. Chanou(~)s and alle oþ(er)e grete and smale. some in to litel Britaigne and some in to Cornewaile alle þo þat shippes mighte haue How king Gurmounde drof þe king Cortif to Chichestre and quelde þe britouns and þorugh queyntise gette þe toun(~). Capitulo. xxiiij. xvo. Cortif þe king fley þennes in to Chichestr(e) þat þ(o) was a good citee and a strong and þ(er)e helde him xx. dayes. and þis Gurmound it bisegede but þe cite was so st(ro)ng þat he mighte nouȝt gete þat citee by non man(er) engyn þat he mighte don(~) // þo biþoughte þey vppon a g(re)t
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:
450
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Gurmonde drives out the Britons
