Detail View: Medieval Collection: King John
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Image Number:
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JRL0926193dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 103
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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King John
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
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64r
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Image Sequence Number:
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064r
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Description:
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The word 'John' is written in the top margin of the folio. The tale of how King John argues with the Pope. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how England is interdicted by the Pope's command. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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axede þ(er)e of þe clergie þe .x(e). of eu(er)y chirche in Engelonde for to conquere and gete aȝen Normandie and Angou(~). þ(t) he had lost and þey wolde nouȝt g(ra)unte þat þing wherfore he wax wonder wroth // And in þe same time deide þe bisshop hubert: and þe pour and þe Couent of Kaunterbery chosen aȝens þe kinges wille to ben Erchebisshopp. maist(r)e Stephen of Langetone a good clerc þat wonede at þe court of Rome and sende to þe pope hire eleccioun and þe pope confermed it and sacrede it at Viterbe // Whenne þ(e) king wiste þis ty- dynge: he was wonder wroth: and drof þe prio(ur) and þe couent fro Kaunt(er)bery and exilede ham out of Engelond and com(~)aundede þat no man(er) l(et)re þ(t) come fro þe court of Rome ne no maundement shulde ben vnderfonge ne ple- ded in Engelond // Whanne þis tydinge come to þ(e) pope: he sente vnto king Joh(a)n . by his l(et)re and p(ra)yde him with good wille and good herte: þat he wolde vnderfonge Ste- phene erchebisshopp of Kaunterbery vnto his chirche and suffre þe Priour and his munkes to come aȝen vnto hir owene duellynge but þe king wolde nouȝt g(ra)unte it for no þing How king Joh(a)n wolde nouȝt done for þe popes comaundeme(~)t wherfore al Engelond was enterdi ted and suspendede. Capitulo Centesimo. xvij(o). And at þe laste þe pope sente by his auctorite and enioynede to Bisshopes of Engelonde þat ȝif þe king wolde nouȝt vnderfonge þe p(ri)our of Kaunterbery & his monkes þat þey shulde done general enterditynge þorugh out al Engelond and g(ra)untede ful poer to .iiij. bisshoppes to p(ro)nounce þe enterditinge ȝif it were nede. // þe ferste was Bisshop Willi(a)m of Londou(~). and þ(t) oþ(er)e bisshop Eustace Bisshop of Ely . þe .iij. was Walt(er) bisshop of Wyn- chestre. and þe .iiij(e). was Giles bisshop of Herforde // And þese .iiij. bisshoppes prayede þe king knelinge on hire knees and sore wepynge þat he wolde done þe popes comaun- dement and shewede him þe bulles of þ(e) enterditinge:
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Catholic Church
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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John, King of England, 1167-1216
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Item Height:
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278 mm
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Item Width:
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183 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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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)
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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-22
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Multi Page Number:
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685
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2010-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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