COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925125dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Saint Edmund's martyrdom
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
47r
Image Sequence Number:
047r
Description:
The tale of the martyrdom of Saint Edmund. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how Hubba and Hungar (Hinguar) take the town of Reading (Redyng), and then do battle with Kings Elfride and Edelf, and King Eldrede and his brother Alvred (Alfred). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
and wheþ(er) þat he shal askape or dye at gode(s) wille mote it be // Whenne sent Edmund had nempned god: by þat þey wisten alle þat it was he him self and anon. Hub- ba and Hungar nomen him and saide þat he shulde god forsake and alle cristene lawe as meny oþ(er)e had done þourgh ham biforne// And sent Edmund saide þat he nolde ne- uere but raþere he wolde soffre deþ for goddes loue and his lawes to kepe // þo nome þey king Edmund and bounde him vnto a tre and made hire archers to him shete wiþ arwes: til þat his body stikede as ful of arwes as a hirchoun is ful of prikkes: but for al þe payne þat he had. he wolde neu(er)e god forsake. and in þe same py- ne and turment he deide and bitoke his soule to al- mighty god and whanne þey sawe þ(t) he was ded: þey smyten of his heued and in þis manere was sent Ed mund y martred How Hubba. and Hunguar toke þe toun of Redynge. Capitulo. Centesimo Sexto. Whanne sent Edmund was martred. Hunguar. and Hubba. wente þennes with alle hire Danoys vn to Redyng. and as þey wente þiderward: þey brende toune(s) and citees and quelden alle c(ri)stene peple þat wolde noȝt god forsake and caste a doun chirches and comyn to Redyn- ge and token þe toun and þere helde ham til þat þe king Edelf of Westsex come þider w(t) al his poer for to take þe toun(~) // þo comen out þe Danoys for to ȝeue bataile to king Edelf. and at þat bataile was queld þe Erl of Da noys þat me callede Cydrak // vppon þe morwe come þe king Eldred and his broþ(er) Alured wiþ a st(ro)ng poer. and a gret host. and þe king Edelf come aȝen þat þat hadde foughten þ(e) day bifore to þ(t) bataile and þe Danoys þo co- men out for to fighte w(t) ham. and þe bataile was won- der st(ro)ng for many a man was þere slayn. and þ(e) Danoys þat day had þe victorie and þe king Eldred and his broþ(er) Alured þat day were descomfited but þe fourtenþ(e)
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
People Covered:
Alfred, King of England, 849-899
People Covered:
Edmund, King of East Anglia, 841-870
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:
515
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Saint Edmund's martyrdom
