Detail View: Medieval Collection: King John
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Image Number:
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JRL0926196dc
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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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65v
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Image Sequence Number:
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065v
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Description:
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The word 'John' is written in the top margin of the folio. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how King John destroys the order of Cisteaux, and of his continuing argument with Rome. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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in to þe kinges hande alle here landes of holy chirche þat were ȝe uen vnto eny man þorugh þe Erchebisshop Stephene or by þe P(ri)o(ur) of Caunterbery fram þe time of þe elecciou(~) of þe Erchebisshop and comaunded þat alle þe wodes þat were þe Erchebisshoppes shulde ben caste a doun vnto þe g(ro)unde and alle solde How king John destroyede þe ordre of Cisteaux Ca(o) xl(o) ix(o). And in þe same tyme þe Jrisshe men bigunne for to werre vppon king John(~). and king. Joh(a)n ordeignede him for to wende in to Jrlande. and lete arere an huge taxe þorugh out al Engelond þat is to seyne .xxxv þousand marc and sente þorugh al Engelonde to þe monkes of þe ordre of Cis teaux þat þey shulde helpe him of sixe .M(l). marc of siluer // & þey ansuerede and saide þat þey dorste no þing done wiþoute hire chief Abbot of Cisteaux. wherfore king. Joh(a)n. whanne he come aȝene from Jrlonde he dede ham so muche sorwe and care þat þey nysten where for to abide. for he toke so muche raun some of eu(er)y hous of ham þat þe somme amountede .ix. M(l). & .iij. C. marc so þat þey were clene lost and destroyed and voy- dede hire hous and here landes þorugh out al Engelonde // And þe Abbot of Wauerseye dradde so muche his manace þat he forsoke al þe Abbay and wente þennes and p(ri)ueleche ordeigne- de him ouer þe see. to þe hous of Cisteaux // Whanne þe ty- dinge come to þe Pope þat þe king had done so muche mali- ce: to was he toward þe king ful wroth: and sente .ij. legates vnto þe king þ(t) on me callede Pandolf and þat oþ(er). durau(~)t. þat þey shulde warne þ(e) king in þe popes name þat he shulde cesse of his p(er)secuciou(~)þat he dede vnto holy chirche and amen de þe wrong(es) and þ(e) trespas(es) þat he had done to Erchebisshop of Kaunt(er)bery and to þe p(ri)our. & þe munk(es) of Kaunt(er)bery and to al þe clergie of Engelonde and þ(t) he shulde restore þe goodes aȝen þat he had taken of ham aȝens hire wille and elles þey shulde curse þe king by name. and to done þis þing and to conferme þe pope toke ham his l(et)res in bull patentȝ. // þese .ij. legates come in to Engelond and comen to þe king
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Catholic Church
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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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700
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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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