Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Edward III
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Image Number:
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JRL0926290dc
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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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King Edward III
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Alternative Image Title:
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Queen Isabelle's unpopularity
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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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112v
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Image Sequence Number:
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112v
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Description:
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The words ' Edward 3 ' are written in the top margin. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' W ' introduce the tale of how Queen Isabelle and Roger Mortimer become unpopular in England, and how the traitor Robert of Holland is killed. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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Quene. Js(abel). and sire Henry erl of Lancastre and of Leicestr(e) and of þe ridinge of Bedeforde .Cap(o) CC(mo). xviij(o). Whanne þe forsaide Dauid had spoused Dame Johne of þe Tour in þe toun of Berwik as bifore is saide: þe. Scottes in despite of þe Englissh men callede Dame Johne þe Countesse makepees for þe cowardise pees for to ordeigne but þe kinges p(er)sone bare þe wite and þe blame w(t) wronge of þe makinge of þe acorde: and al was done þorugh þ(e) quene and Roger. þe Mortymer // And it w(a)s nouȝt longe aft(er) þat þ(e) quene Jsabelle. ne toke in to hire owene hande al þe lordship of Pountfret. and almost alle þe landes þ(t) were of value þat p(er)teynede vnto þ(e) croune of Engelonde: so þ(t) þe king had nought forto despende but of his vsues and of his es- chquier. for þe quene. Jsabelle. and þ(e) Mortimer had a gret maynye of hire retynaunce þ(t) folwede eu(er)more þe kinges court and wente and toke þe kinges prises for hire penyworthes at good chepe. wherfore þe cuntre þat þey comen in were ful sore adrade and almost dest(ro)iede // þo bigonne þe co(~)munete of Engelonde for to hate Jsabelle þ(e) Quene þ(t) so muche louede hire whanne she com aȝen for to pursue þ(e) false/traitour Robert of Holande þat bitraiede his lord S(ir) Thom(a)s of Lan- castr(e). was þo delyu(er)ed out of p(ri)sou(~) and was wonder p(ri)uee w(t) þe Quene Jsabelle. and also w(t) þe Mortim(er). but þat a- vailede him but litel for he was take at Migheles masse þat next come after as he rode toward þe Quene .Js(abel). to Londou(~) and sire Thom(a)s Whither smote of his hede bisides þe toun of sent Albouns. and þis S(ir) Thom(a)s duellede þo w(t) S(ire) Henry erl of lancastr(e) and he pulte him in hidinge for drede of þe Quene . for she louede him wonder muche and prayde vnto þe king for him þat þe same Thom(a)s moste ben exiled of Engelonde // And þe noble erl S(ir) Henry of lancastre had often times herde þe co(~)mune clamour of þe englisshe men of þe muchel disseses þat were done in
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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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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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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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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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1170
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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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2010-10
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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