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Medieval Collection
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JRL0926215dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 103
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
R15385
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Image Title:
Merlin's prophecy
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Merlin's prophecy
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Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
14th century [mid]
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
75r
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Image Sequence Number:
075r
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Description:
The words 'Henry 3' are written in the top margin. The tale of Merlin's prophecies about King Henry II. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The words 'Henry 3' are written in the top margin. The tale of Merlin's prophecies about King Henry II. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
don him gret harme þorugh his werre: and þ(t) he shulde at þe last ben maister þorugh helpe of a reede ffox þat shulde come out of þe north west and shulde him ouercome and þat he shulde drif him vnto þe water. and þ(t) p(ro)phecie ful wel was knowe: for wiþinne a litel time or þe king deide. Symo(~)d of. Mountfort erl of leycestr(e) þ(t) was bore in ff(ra)unce bigan aȝens him st(ro)ng werre: þorugh which doynge many a good ba cheler was shent and ded and disherited // And whanne king Henry had þe victory at Euesh(a)m. and Symound þe erl was slayn þorugh helpe and myght of Gilbert of Clare erl of Gloucestr(e) þat was in kepynge and warde of þe forsai- de Symounde þorugh ordinaunce of king Henry þat wente aȝen to þe king with muche poer: wherfore þe forsaide Sy- mounde was shent and þ(t) was gret harme to þ(e) comunes of Engelond þat so good a man(~) was shent for treuthe and deide in charite and for þe co(~)mune p(ro)fite of þ(e) same folc and þ(er)fore almyghty god for him hath sithenes shewed ma- ny a faire miracle to diu(er)se men and wymme(~), of þe siknesse and disese þat þey haue had for the loue of him // And M(er)lyn also tolde and saide in his p(ro)phecie þat aft(er) þ(t) time þe lambe shulde leue no while: & þanne his seed shulde ben in st(ra)- ge londe wiþoute pasture: and he saide soth. for king Hen- ry leuede no while after. whenne Symounde Mountfort was ded þat king Henry ne deide anon aftir him // And in þe mene time sire Edward his sone þat was þe beste knyȝt of þe world of hono(ur) was þo in þe holy lande and gette þ(er)e Acres // And in þat cuntre he bigate in dame Alianore his wyf Joh(a)ne of Acres his doughter þat aftirward was Con tesse of Gloucestr(e) and he made in þe holy lande such a viage þ(t) al þe worlde spak of his knyghthode and euery man drad him hye & lowe þorugh out al C(ri)stendome as þe story of him telleth as aftirward ȝe shulleth here more openly // And fram þe tyme þat king Henry deide til þ(t) sir Edward was crouned king: alle þe grete lordes of Engelond
transcription
don him gret harme þorugh his werre: and þ(t) he shulde at þe last ben maister þorugh helpe of a reede ffox þat shulde come out of þe north west and shulde him ouercome and þat he shulde drif him vnto þe water. and þ(t) p(ro)phecie ful wel was knowe: for wiþinne a litel time or þe king deide. Symo(~)d of. Mountfort erl of leycestr(e) þ(t) was bore in ff(ra)unce bigan aȝens him st(ro)ng werre: þorugh which doynge many a good ba cheler was shent and ded and disherited // And whanne king Henry had þe victory at Euesh(a)m. and Symound þe erl was slayn þorugh helpe and myght of Gilbert of Clare erl of Gloucestr(e) þat was in kepynge and warde of þe forsai- de Symounde þorugh ordinaunce of king Henry þat wente aȝen to þe king with muche poer: wherfore þe forsaide Sy- mounde was shent and þ(t) was gret harme to þ(e) comunes of Engelond þat so good a man(~) was shent for treuthe and deide in charite and for þe co(~)mune p(ro)fite of þ(e) same folc and þ(er)fore almyghty god for him hath sithenes shewed ma- ny a faire miracle to diu(er)se men and wymme(~), of þe siknesse and disese þat þey haue had for the loue of him // And M(er)lyn also tolde and saide in his p(ro)phecie þat aft(er) þ(t) time þe lambe shulde leue no while: & þanne his seed shulde ben in st(ra)- ge londe wiþoute pasture: and he saide soth. for king Hen- ry leuede no while after. whenne Symounde Mountfort was ded þat king Henry ne deide anon aftir him // And in þe mene time sire Edward his sone þat was þe beste knyȝt of þe world of hono(ur) was þo in þe holy lande and gette þ(er)e Acres // And in þat cuntre he bigate in dame Alianore his wyf Joh(a)ne of Acres his doughter þat aftirward was Con tesse of Gloucestr(e) and he made in þe holy lande such a viage þ(t) al þe worlde spak of his knyghthode and euery man drad him hye & lowe þorugh out al C(ri)stendome as þe story of him telleth as aftirward ȝe shulleth here more openly // And fram þe tyme þat king Henry deide til þ(t) sir Edward was crouned king: alle þe grete lordes of Engelond
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
Language Code
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Subject:
Great Britain--History
subject
Great Britain--History
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
subject
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
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Subject:
Arthurian romances
subject
Arthurian romances
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England
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Chronicles of England
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
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Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
support
Vellum
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
time_period_covered
1200 - 1500 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
places_covered
England
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Merlin (Legendary character)
people_covered
Merlin (Legendary character)
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
people_covered
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
People Covered
false
Item Height:
278 mm
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278 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
183 mm
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183 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
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Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
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Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
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Access Rights:
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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
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
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References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
References
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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)
bibliography
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)
Bibliographic Citation
false
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
cost
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Cost
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
795
multi_page_number
795
Multi Page Number
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Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB