COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926183dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Henry
Alternative Image Title:
King Stephen and Empress Maud
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
59r
Image Sequence Number:
059r
Description:
The words 'Henry 1' appear in the top margin and the word 'Stephen' in the right margin of the folio. The tale of the death of King Henry. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of how Stephen, Henry's nephew is crowned king, followed by the debate between Stephen and the Empress Maude for the crown. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
þe Erl bygat vppon hire a sone þat me callede Henry þe Em p(er)esses sone // And aft(er) whanne al þis was done: king Henry duellede al þat ȝere in Norma(~)die. and after þat long time a greuos siknesse toke him wherfore he deide. and þis king Henry regnede xxxv. ȝere. and .ijjj. monethes and after he deyde as bifore is saide in Normandie and his herte was entered in þe grete chirche of oure lady of Roen. and his body was brought w(t) muchel hono(ur) in to Engelonde and entered at Redynge in þe Abbey of þe which Abbay: he was bygin nere and foundour How Stephene king Henries suster sone was made king of Engelonde Capo. vjxx. xviijo. After þis king Henry þat was þe ferste was made king his nevewe his susteres sone. Stephene erl of Bo- loigne. ffor anon as he herde þe tydinge of his vncles deth: he passede þe see and come in to Engelond þorugh counseil and strengthe and helpe of manye grete lordes of Engelond: aȝens hire oth þat þey had made to Maude þe Emp(er)esse: nome þe reaume and lete croune Sthephene king of þe lande. // And þe Erchebisshopp William of Kaunt(er)bery þat ferst ma- de þe oth of feaute vnto Maude þe Emp(er)esse: sette þe croune ferst vppon king Stephenes hede. and him annoyntede and Bisshopp Roger of Salesbery mayntenede þe kinges partye. in as muche as he mighte // þe ferste ȝere þat king Stephen bigan for to regne: he assemblede a gret host and went hym towarde Scotlande for to haue þo werred vppon þe king of Scotlande. but he come aȝens him in pees and in good ma- nere and to him truste. but he made to him non homage for as muche as he had made homage vnto þe Emp(er)esse Maude // And þe .iiije. ȝere of his regne. Maude þe Emp(er)esse come in to Engelonde. and þo bygan debate bituene þe king Stephene and Maude þe Emp(er)esse: þis Maude wente vnto þe citee of Nichole. and þe king ham bysegede longe tyme and mighte nought spede so wel þe citee was kepte and defended and þo þ(t) were wiþynne þe citee queyntely
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:
Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135
People Covered:
Stephen, King of England, 1097?-1154
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:
635
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
