COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926182dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Henry
Alternative Image Title:
Queen Maud
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
58v
Image Sequence Number:
058v
Description:
The words 'Henry 1' appear in the top margin of the folio. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how Henry's daughter Maude returns to England and weds Gaufray, the Earl of Angoy (Geoffrey, Earl of Anjou). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
And þese were þe names of ham þat were drenchede þat is to seyn. William. þe kinges sone. Richard his Broþ(er). þe Erl of Chestr(e). Octouell his broþ(er). Geffray Rydell. Walt(er) Emiurcy. Godefray Er- chedekene. The kinges Douȝter. The Countesse of Perches. þe kinges nece þe Countesse of Chestr(e) . and meny oþ(er)e // Whanne King Henry and oþ(er) lordes arryuede were in Engelonde and herde þis tydynges: þey maden sorwe ynough. and al hire merthe and ioye was turned þo in to murnynge and care. How Maude þe Emp(er)ice come aȝene in to Engelond & how she was afterward wedded to Gaufray þe Erl of [...] Angoy Capitulo. vjxx. xvijo.. And whan þat [...] too ȝer were gon þat þe Erl had duelled with þ(e) king þe Erl wente þo fro þe king and bigan to werre vppon him and dede muche harme in þe lande of Normandie. Wherfore king Henry was sore annoyed: Whenne he herde þe tydinge w(t) al þe haste þat he myghte he passede þe see and come in to Normandye. and toke þere a st(ro)ng castel and þere he duellede al þat ȝere // And þo come to him tydynge þat Hen- ry þe Emp(er)o(ur) of Almaigne þat had spousede Maud his douȝt(er) was ded and þat she duellede no leng(er)e in Almaigne and þat she wolde come aȝen in to Normandye to hire fader // And whanne she was comen to him he nome hire þo to hy(~) and come aȝen in to Engelond and made þe englisshe men to done othe and feaute vnto þe Emp(er)esse //And þe ferste man þat made þe oth. was Will(ia)m þe Erchebissho of Kaunt(er) bery. and þat oþ(er). king Dauid of. Scotland. and after him alle þe Barouns and Erles of Engelond // And also after þe noble ma(~) þ(e) erl of Angou(~) a worthy knyght sente to þ(e) king of Engelond þat he wolde g(ra)unte him for to haue his douȝt(er) to spouse. Maude þe Emp(er)esse // And for enchesou(~) þ(t) hir fader wiste þat he was a noble man: þe king g(ra)untede him and consentede þer to and þo nome his dought(er) and lad hire in to Normandie and come to þe noble knyght erl Gaufride. and he spousede þe forsayde Maude w(t) muchel honour. &
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
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:
Geoffrey, Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, 1113-1151
People Covered:
Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135
People Covered:
Matilda, Empress, consort of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1102-1167
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:
630
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 Henry
