Detail View: Medieval Collection: Invasion of France

Image Number: 
JRL0926522dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 104
Previous Accession Number: 
R15386
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Invasion of France
Parent Work Title: 
Tomlynson Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created: 
15th century
Page: 
92v
Image Sequence Number: 
092v
Description: 
The story of Edward III's invasion of France, the siege and surrender of Calais and of the plague, the Black Death, that swept Europe. The script is mainly secretary.
Language Code: 
enm-GB
Subject: 
Great Britain--History
Subject: 
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Chronicles of England
Subject: 
Plague
Subject: 
France--History--14th century
Subject: 
Black Death
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Time Period Covered: 
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered: 
England
Places Covered: 
France: Pas-de-Calais: Calais
People Covered: 
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377
Item Height: 
262 mm
Item Width: 
192 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Tomlynson, Robert
Provenance: 
Tomlynson, Thomas
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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), pp. 417-18. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
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 £16. 4s. on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-07-24
Multi Page Number: 
950
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2010-11
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB