Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Certif and King Gurmonde
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Image Number:
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JRL0926707dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 105
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Previous Accession Number:
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Phillipps 9486
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Previous Accession Number:
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R15391
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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King Certif and King Gurmonde
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Alternative Image Title:
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How the land became known as England
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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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48r
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Image Sequence Number:
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048r
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Description:
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The story of how King Gurmonde quelled the Britons. Rubrication in red ink and a pen-flourished initial introduce the story of how 'Engistes Land' that was named after the Saxon Engist became henceforth known as 'England' and was given seven kings. 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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Chronicles of England
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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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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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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500 - 1000 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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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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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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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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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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505
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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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