COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925136dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Earl Godewynne and Alvred
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
52v
Image Sequence Number:
052v
Description:
The tale of how Earl Godewynne sends for Alvred to be crowned King. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' H ' (possibly inserted in error in place of a ' W ' in the word 'whanne') introduce the tale of how Godewynne slays Alvred's men and takes Alvred to Gyldesdoun to brutally slay him. There is a small hole in the vellum. The text ends imperfectly at the bottom of the folio at 'and after'. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
founde nought but only alured þat was þe eldere broþ(er). for Edward his broþ(er) went was to Hung(er)e for to speke with his cosyn Ed- ward þe outlaghe þat was Edmund(es) sone w(t) þe Jrensydes // þe messangers tolde and saide to Alured how þ(t) þe Erles and Barouns of Engelond sente aft(er) him and þat he boldeleche shulde come in to Engelond and vnderfonge þe reaume. for king Hardeknoght was ded and alle þe Danoys dryuen were out of þe londe. How Godewyn þe false traitour toke Alu- red vppon Gyldesdoun(~) whanne he come fro Normandye to ben king of Engelond and dede him ben martred in [...] // þe Jle of Ely Capitilo .Cmo. xxiiijo. [W]hanne Alu// [...] red herde þis tidinge he þankede god and in to ship wente wiþ al þe haste þat he mighte and passede þe see & arryuede at South(a)mpton. þere þat Godewyn þ(e) treto(ur) was and þo þis traito(ur) saugh þat he was come: he welcomede him and vnderfeng him with muche ioye and sayde þ(t) he wolde lede him to londou(~) þere þat alle þe Barouns and lor- des of Engelond him abode for to maken him king: and so þey wente in hire way to ward london and whan þey comen vppon Gyldesdoun. þo saide þe trayto(ur). Godewyn to Alured and sayde takeþ kepe q(uo)d he aboute ȝow boþe in þe lift syde and in þe right syde and of al ȝe shulleþ be king and of suche an hundred more // Now for soþe quod Alured y bihote and ȝif .J be king .J shal ordeigne and make suche lawes wher of god and alle folc shullen halde ham wel payde // Now had þe traito(ur) comaunded alle his men þat were wiþ him þat whenne þey were comen vppon Gil- desdoun(~) þat þey shulden slee alle þo þat were in Aluredes companye þat come with him fram. Normandye and aft(er) þat taken Alured and leden him in to þe .Jle of Ely. and þere pulte out boþe his eyen of his heuede and aftirward bringe him vnto deþe and so þey deden for þey quelden al his compaignie þat .xij. were in nombre of gentil men. þat were comen with Alured fram Normandie and aft(er)
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:
Illumination (image-making process)
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:
570
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Earl Godewynne and Alvred
