Detail View: Medieval Collection: King John
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Image Number:
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JRL0926200dc
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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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Alternative Image Title:
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Pope Innocent the Third
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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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67v
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Image Sequence Number:
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067v
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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 when King John hears he risks losing his realm, he surrenders to Pope Innocent the Third's demands, and takes a vow to pay a yearly levy to the Pope and to make good the wrongs he has done to the church and people. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'T' introduce the next tale, of the letter of King John to the court of 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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deþe. // þo sente he to þe pope a messanger and seyde þ(t) he wolde ben iustified and come to amendement in alle manere þinges at his owene wille: þe messangers come to þe pope and tolden him þe kinges wille. and saide þ(t) he wolde come to amendeme(~)t in alle þinges and wolde make satisfacciou(~) to alle manere me(~) after þe popes ordinaunce. þo sente þe pope aȝen in to Engelonde Pandolf and oþ(er)e messagers and comen to Kaunterbery þ(er)e þe king abode. and þe .xiii. day of May. þe king made an oth for to stande to þe popes ordinance bifore Pandolf þe legate. in alle man(er)e þinges for þe whiche he was accursed. and þat he shulde make ful restituciou(~). to alle men of holy chirche. and of reli gioun of þe goodes þat he had take of ham aȝens here wille: and alle þe grete lordes of Engelond suore vppon þe book and by þe haly dome þat ȝif þe king wolde nouȝt holde his oth þey seide þat þey wolde make him hade hit by strengthe. // þo pulte þe king him to þe court of Rome and to þe pope and þo ȝaf vp þe reume of Engelond. and of Jrland. for him and for his heires for eu(er)e mo þat shulde come after him. so þat king Joh(a)n. and his heires shulde take þo .ij. reaumes of þe popes hande and shulde halde . þo .ij. reaumes of .þe pope as to fer me paynge eu(er)y ȝere to þe court of Rome a .M(l). marc of siluer and þo nome þe king þe croune of his heuede and sette him on his knees and þese wordes saide in heryng of alle þe grete lordes of Engelonde: here. y resigne vp þe croune and þe reaume of Engelond in to þe popes hande. Innocent þe þridde and pulte me hollyche in his mercy and his ordinaunce // þo vnderfeng Pandolf þe croune of king Joh(a)n. and kepte it vife dayes as for seisynge takinge of þo .ij. reaumes of En- gelond and of. Irland. and confermede alle man(er)e þinges by his chartre þat folweth after Of þe lettr(e) obligatorie þat king Joh(a)n made to þe court of Rome wherfor(e) þ(e) petres pe(~)s Cap(o). C(o). lj(o). [...] beþ gadred þorugh out al Engelond To alle cristene peple [...] þorugh out þe world duellynge. Joh(a)n by þe grace
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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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Innocent III, Pope, 1160 or 61-1216
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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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720
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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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