COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925134dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Knoght
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
51v
Image Sequence Number:
051v
Description:
The traitor Edrik takes Edmund's sons to King Knoght, who then kills Edrik. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' H ' introduce the tale of how King Knoght (Canute) then sends the two boys to Denmark to try to get rid of them. The text ends imperfectly at the bottom of the folio at 'he had of ham'. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
hire gete. þat on me callede Edward and þ(t) oþ(er) Edwyn. and lad ham wiþ him vnto londou(~) and toke ham vnto king knoght þat he shulde do with ham what his wille were & tolde him how queyntely he had queld king Edmond for enchesou(~) and loue of him: so þ(t) king. Knought. al Engelond in his poer onliche mighte haue // O þow fals traito(ur) hastow my trewe wedbroþ(er) slayn for enchesou(~) of me: a man þat J most louede in þe worlde. Now by myn heuede y shal for þy trauayle þe wel rewarde as þow hast des(ir)ued and anon lete him take and bynde hondes and feet in man(er) of a t(ra)y- to(ur) and lete caste him in þe Thamyse. and in þis man(er) þe false trayto(ur) endede his lif // þe king nome þe too children and toke ham to þ(e) Abbot of Westmynstr(e) to warde and to kepe til he wiste what was best w(t) ham to done. How king knoght sente boþe Edmundes sones in to Denmarc for to slee and how þey were sauede Capo Centesimo xixmo. Hit bifel sone after þat king knoght had al þe land in his hande and spousede þe quene Emme þorugh consente of his Baronage for she was a fair woma(~) and was Eldredus wif and þe dukes suster of Normandye. and þey leueden togidere w(t) muche loue as resou(~) wolde //þe king axede oppon a day counceil of þ(e) quene what was best for to do w(t) þe sones þ(t) were Edmundes Jrensides/ Sire quod she þey beþ right heires of þ(e) lond and ȝif þey lyuen þey wile don ȝow muche sorwe w(t) werre // And þ(er)fore lete sende ham in to a st(ra)unge lande aferr(e) to som man þat may ham defoule and destroie // þe king anon lete calle a danoys þ(t) me callede Walgar. and co(~)maundede him þat he shulde lede. þo .ij children in to Denmarc and so don for ham and ordeigne þat neu(er)e þey herde more tidinge of ham: Sire quod þis Walgar. gladly ȝoure comandeme(~)t shal be done // And nome. þo. ij children and lad ham in to Denmarc. and for as muche as he saugh þat þe chil- dren were wonder fair and also meke: he had of ham
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:
1000 - 1200 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Canute I, King of England, 995?-1035
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:
560
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
King Knoght
