Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Armoger and his son Westmer

Image Number: 
JRL0905672dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 207
Previous Accession Number: 
R33821
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
King Armoger and his son Westmer
Parent Work Title: 
Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created: 
14th-15th century
Page: 
6r
Image Sequence Number: 
006r
Description: 
The stories of King Armoger and his son King Westmer. There is some red rubrication and two pen-flourished initials, an initial 'T' and an initial 'A' in blue and red ink. The script is a mixture of anglicana and secretary.
Language Code: 
enm-GB
Subject: 
Chronicles of England
Subject: 
Great Britain--History
Subject: 
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Creation Site: 
England
Time Period Covered: 
1 BCE - 500 CE
Places Covered: 
England
Item Height: 
274 mm
Item Width: 
203 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Bibliotheca Paleriana
Provenance: 
Provenance: 
Dycconson, Thomas
Provenance: 
Wollsall, Willyam
Provenance: 
Heaton, Thomas, of Knowisley
Provenance: 
Aston, Williyam
Provenance: 
Quantock, John
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
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. 422-23. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References: 
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.37.
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)
Notes: 
Two incomplete manuscripts of the 'Brut Chronicle', the first on vellum, the second on paper, put together in or before 1749 to make a nearly complete Brut to 1415 (Ker). The manuscript supplies additional detail to the texts published by Caxton and F.W.D. Brie.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
27/11/2008
Multi Page Number: 
95
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2009-04
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB