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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0925118dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 103
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
R15385
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Image Title:
King Cadewaladre
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King Cadewaladre
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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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Page:
43v
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Image Sequence Number:
043v
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Description:
King Elfride flees following the death of King Adelbright (Ethelbert). Cadewaladre is made King of Leycestre (Leicester). Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of how Adelbright and Elfride become good friends and divide up the land, and how their sons Edwyne (Edwin) and Cadwalyn (Cadwallon) rule after them. How Briens causes trouble between them, and how Cadwalyn flees to Ireland. There is an annotation at the top of the margin 'Cadel Rex' and underneath 'powisie e legio celté' followed by genealogical roundels in margin. The roundels contain the details 'Cadwan Rex Briton', 'Cadwallo Rex Briton' and 'Cadr Rex Britoun'. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
King Elfride flees following the death of King Adelbright (Ethelbert). Cadewaladre is made King of Leycestre (Leicester). Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of how Adelbright and Elfride become good friends and divide up the land, and how their sons Edwyne (Edwin) and Cadwalyn (Cadwallon) rule after them. How Briens causes trouble between them, and how Cadwalyn flees to Ireland. There is an annotation at the top of the margin 'Cadel Rex' and underneath 'powisie e legio celté' followed by genealogical roundels in margin. The roundels contain the details 'Cadwan Rex Briton', 'Cadwallo Rex Briton' and 'Cadr Rex Britoun'. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
wounded sore and forsoke þe felde and þe moste part of his folc slayn: and Elfride fley in to Northumberland þat was his owene londe // and aftirwarde þe peple of leycestr shire made wiþ strengthe. Cadwaladre þat was Brecynales sone king of leycestr and he aft(er) regnede nobly and wel w(t) gret hono(ur). How Cadwaladre king of leycestr and Elfride king of Northumb(er)lande were frendes and of þe debate þat after was bituene Edwyne and Cadwalayn. þat were boþ(e) [...] hire sones. Capo. Centesimo And after þat þis bataile [...] was done: þe britouns assembled ham and wente þen- nes and comen vnto leycestre. and made Cadwaladre þat was Brecynales sone king of : leycestr(e) and of al þe cuntre and he toke homages and feautees of al þe folc of þe cuntr(e) and after þat he assemblede a gret host and sayde he wol- de gon in to Northumberlond to destroye king Elfrid & sle him yf þat he mighte and whanne he was comen þed(er): ffrendes wenten so bituene ham and made ham acorded in þis man(er)e : þat Elfrid shulde holde al þe lond fram Hum- ber vnto Scotland and Cadwaladre shulde haue al þe lond athis half Humber vnto þe South and after þat þey bicome(~) goode frendes. al hire lyf durynge and louede to gidre as þey had ben too breþ(er)en // And þis Elfride had a sone þat me callede Edwyne þat had and helde al þe londe of North humb(er)land aft(er) his fadres deth as his fader had holde al his lyf tyme. // And Cadwaladre had anoþ(er) sone þat me callede Cadwalyn þat helde his fadres lande as he it helde while he was alyue. and þey louede togidre as þey hadde ben breþ(er)en. and þe loue laste bituene ham but onely .ij. ȝere. and aft(er) bigan debate bituene ham þorugh a luther enuyous cosyn of Cadwalyn þat men callede Briens. so þat þey assembleden a st(ro)ng host in boþe p(ar)ties and at þe laste it bifel þat Cadwalyn was descomfited and Edwyne him pursuede and drof him fram place to place : so at þe laste he fley in to Jrlond. and þis oþ(er)e destroyede his lande
transcription
wounded sore and forsoke þe felde and þe moste part of his folc slayn: and Elfride fley in to Northumberland þat was his owene londe // and aftirwarde þe peple of leycestr shire made wiþ strengthe. Cadwaladre þat was Brecynales sone king of leycestr and he aft(er) regnede nobly and wel w(t) gret hono(ur). How Cadwaladre king of leycestr and Elfride king of Northumb(er)lande were frendes and of þe debate þat after was bituene Edwyne and Cadwalayn. þat were boþ(e) [...] hire sones. Capo. Centesimo And after þat þis bataile [...] was done: þe britouns assembled ham and wente þen- nes and comen vnto leycestre. and made Cadwaladre þat was Brecynales sone king of : leycestr(e) and of al þe cuntre and he toke homages and feautees of al þe folc of þe cuntr(e) and after þat he assemblede a gret host and sayde he wol- de gon in to Northumberlond to destroye king Elfrid & sle him yf þat he mighte and whanne he was comen þed(er): ffrendes wenten so bituene ham and made ham acorded in þis man(er)e : þat Elfrid shulde holde al þe lond fram Hum- ber vnto Scotland and Cadwaladre shulde haue al þe lond athis half Humber vnto þe South and after þat þey bicome(~) goode frendes. al hire lyf durynge and louede to gidre as þey had ben too breþ(er)en // And þis Elfride had a sone þat me callede Edwyne þat had and helde al þe londe of North humb(er)land aft(er) his fadres deth as his fader had holde al his lyf tyme. // And Cadwaladre had anoþ(er) sone þat me callede Cadwalyn þat helde his fadres lande as he it helde while he was alyue. and þey louede togidre as þey hadde ben breþ(er)en. and þe loue laste bituene ham but onely .ij. ȝere. and aft(er) bigan debate bituene ham þorugh a luther enuyous cosyn of Cadwalyn þat men callede Briens. so þat þey assembleden a st(ro)ng host in boþe p(ar)ties and at þe laste it bifel þat Cadwalyn was descomfited and Edwyne him pursuede and drof him fram place to place : so at þe laste he fley in to Jrlond. and þis oþ(er)e destroyede his lande
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Language Code:
enm-GB
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Language Code
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Subject:
Great Britain--History
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Great Britain--History
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
subject
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
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Subject:
Wales--History--To 1063
subject
Wales--History--To 1063
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
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Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
support
Vellum
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
500 - 1000 CE
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500 - 1000 CE
Time Period Covered
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Places Covered:
Wales
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Wales
Places Covered
false
Places Covered:
Ireland
places_covered
Ireland
Places Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
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England
Places Covered
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Item Height:
278 mm
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278 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
183 mm
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183 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
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Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
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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
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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
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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:
480
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480
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