Detail View: Medieval Collection: Merlin's prophecy
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Image Number:
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JRL0926215dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
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R15385
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Merlin's prophecy
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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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75r
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Image Sequence Number:
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075r
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Description:
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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:
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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
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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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Arthurian romances
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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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Handwriting
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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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Merlin (Legendary character)
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People Covered:
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Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
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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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795
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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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