COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926719dc
Reference Number:
English MS 105
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Offa
Alternative Image Title:
King Osbright
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1413 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
16th century [1518?]
Page:
54r
Image Sequence Number:
054r
Description:
The story of how King Offa became the sole king of all England. This is followed by the story of King Osbright, the King of Northumberland, and how he forced himself on the wife of Buerne Bocard. Red rubrication and pen-flourished initials introduce the stories. The written space is 175 x 135 mm in several secretary hands throughout the manuscript.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
500 - 1000 CE
Places Covered:
England
Item Height:
279 mm
Item Width:
206 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Hobbes, Ricardus
Provenance:
Pawlyn, Thomas, 'surgion in civitate London'.
Provenance:
Wynnard, Hugo
Provenance:
Hought, Thomas
Provenance:
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872.
Provenance:
Stevinson, Nicholaus
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
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), p. 418. 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 Bull & Auvache for £21.00 on 19 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-15
Multi Page Number:
565
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
King Offa
