Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Arthur
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Image Number:
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JRL0926683dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 105
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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King Arthur
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1413 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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16th century [1518?]
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Page:
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36r
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Image Sequence Number:
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036r
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Description:
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A pen-flourished initial introduces the story of Arthur repelling the Saxons; the rubricated chapter heading is on the preceding page. Rubrication in red ink introduces the story on the following page of Arthur asking Merlin about the future of England. The written space is 175 x 135 mm in several secretary hands throughout the manuscript.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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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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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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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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1 BCE - 500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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Arthur, King
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People Covered:
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Merlin (Legendary character)
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Item Height:
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279 mm
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Item Width:
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206 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Hobbes, Ricardus
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Provenance:
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Pawlyn, Thomas, 'surgion in civitate London'.
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Provenance:
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Wynnard, Hugo
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Provenance:
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Hought, Thomas
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Provenance:
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872.
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Provenance:
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Stevinson, Nicholaus
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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. 418. 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 Bull & Auvache for £21.00 on 19 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-15
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Multi Page Number:
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385
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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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2009-08
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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