COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925135dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Danes driven out of England
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
52r
Image Sequence Number:
052r
Description:
The text begins imperfectly in the rubrication at the top of the folio at 'to þe englisshmen'. An illuminated initial ' A ' introduces the tale of how the Earls decide that due to years of Danish villany, thereafter no Dane should be King of England. Alvred and Edward are sent for from Normandy in order to crown Alvred King, but Earl Godewynne of Wessex plots to kill Alvred and crown his own son King. There is a small hole in the vellum. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
to þe englissh men wherfore f(ro)m þat tyme afterward was no Danoys maked king of Engelond Cao. Cmo. .xxiijo. After þe deth of þis king .Hardeknoght. for as muche as he nadde no childe of his body bigete . þe Erles and Barouns assemblede and maden a counceil and neu(er)more aft(er) þat time no ma(~) þat was a danoys þough he were neu(er)e so gret aman amang(es) ham he shulde neu(er)e be king of Engelond for þe despite þat þe Danoys had don to englissh men // ffor eu(er)more biforn hand . ȝif it were so þ(t) englissh men and danoys happeden to mete vppon a brugge. þe englisshe men shulde nouȝt ben so hardy to meue ne stere o. foote but stande stille til þ(t) þe Danoys were apassed forth // And more ouer ȝif þe englisshe me(~) had nouȝt bowed adoun her heuedes. to do reu(er)ence vn to þe Danoys. þey shulden haue ben bete and defouled and su- che man(er)e despites and vilonyes deden þe Danoys to our(e) englisshe men wherfore þey were dryuen out of þe lande aft(er) tyme þat king Hardeknoght. was ded for þey hadde no lord þat ham mighte mayntene. Jn þis manere voided þe Danoys Englond. þat neu(er)e they comen aȝen //þe Erles and Barouns by here comune assent and counceil senten in to Normandye for to seche þo .ij. breþ(er)en Alured & Edward þat were duellynge wiþ þe duk Richard þat was hire Em. in entent for to coroune Alured þe elder broþ(er) and him make king of Engelond and of þis þing to make an ende: þe Erles and barouns made hir(e) oth but þ(e) erl Gode- wynne of Westsex falsly and traitoursly þoughte to sle þo. .ij. breþ(er)en anon as þey shulde come in to Engelond in en tent for to make his sone. Harold. king. þe which sone he had bygete vppon his wif þat was king knoghtes douȝt(er) þat was a Danoys // And þis Godewyn p(ri)ueleche wente him vnto South(a)mptou(~) for to mete þere . þo. ij. bre- þeren whanne þat þey shulden come(~) to londe // And þus it bifel þat þe messangers þat wente in to Normandye
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1000 - 1200 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:
565
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Danes driven out of England
