COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926266dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward II
Alternative Image Title:
Queen Isabelle
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
100v
Image Sequence Number:
100v
Description:
The words 'Edward 2' are written in the top margin. There is a catchword in the bottom margin. The tale of how Queen Isabelle goes to France to try to negotiate peace. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' T ' introduce the tale of how Edward II's son, Sir Edward, asks to go to France to see his mother, and is made Duke of Gyene by the King of France. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' W ' introduce the tale of how King Edward orders his queen and son to return to England, but they fear his wrath and refuse. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
yngh(a)m shulde wende in to Gascoigne and haue w(t) him .vij. þousand men and mo of armes to bene seneschal and war deyn of Gascoigne and so it was ordeigned þ(t) quene Isabell wente þo ouer see and come in to ff(ra)unce and w(t) hire wente S(ir) Aymer of Valence erl of Penbrok þat was þ(er)e mordred so deynly in a p(ri)ue sege but þ(t) was þorugh godes veniaunce for he was on of þe Justiceȝ þat consentede to sent Thom(a)s deth of Lancastr(e): and wolde neu(er)e afterward repente him of þat wicked dede // And at þ(t) tyme S(ir) Olyuer of Yngh(a)m wente ou(er) in to Gascoigne and dede muche harme to þe king of ff(ra)unce and þo gette aȝen þat king Edward hadde lost and muche more þ(er)to How king Edwarde sent S(ire) Edward his sone þe eldest in to ff(ra)unce Cap(o). CC(mo). tercio The Quene Isabell nad but a quarter of o ȝer in ff(ra)unce duellede þ(t) S(ire) Edward his eldest sone ne axede leue for to wende in to ff(ra)unce for to speke w(t) his mooder Isabell þe Quene. and þe king his fader g(ra)untede him with good wille and saide to him go my faire sone in godes blessinge and myne and þenke for to come aȝen as hastily as þow might and he com ou(er) þe see and come in to ff(ra)unce. and þe king of ff(ra)unce his vncle vndirfeng him with muchel hono(ur) and saide vnto him faire sone ȝe bene welcome and. for cause þat ȝoure fader come nought for to done his homage for þe Duchye of Ghyene as his aunces- tres were wonede for to done y ȝeue ȝow þat lordshippe to holde it of me in heritage as alle ȝour(e) auncestr(e)s deden bifore ȝow: wherfore he was called Duk of Gyene How king Edward exilede his quene Isabelle & Edward his [...] eldest sone C(o). CC(mo). iiij(to). Whanne king Edward of [...] Engelond herde telle how þe king of ff(ra)unce had ȝeue þe Duchie of Gyene vnto S(ir) Edwarde his sone w(t) oute consent and wille of him and þ(t) his sone had vnder fonge þe Duchie: he bycome wonder wroth and sente to his sone by his lettre and to his wif also: þat þey shulde
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
Item Height:
278 mm
Item Width:
183 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
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:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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)
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
1050
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
King Edward II
