Detail View: Medieval Collection: Black Prince marries

Image Number: 
JRL0905880dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 207
Previous Accession Number: 
R33821
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Black Prince marries
Parent Work Title: 
Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created: 
14th-15th century
Page: 
109r
Image Sequence Number: 
109r
Description: 
Edward III holds his parliament at Westminster. There is an eclipse of the sun and Edward, Prince of Wales, marries Joan, the 4th Countess of Kent. There is some red rubrication and an initial 'A' in red ink. The script is a mixture of anglicana and secretary.
Language Code: 
enm-GB
Subject: 
Solar eclipses
Subject: 
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Great Britain--History
Subject: 
Chronicles of England
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
England
Time Period Covered: 
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered: 
England
Places Covered: 
England: Greater London: Westminster
People Covered: 
Edward, Prince of Wales, 1330-1376
People Covered: 
Joan, Princess of Wales, 1328-1385
People Covered: 
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377
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: 
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.37.
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.
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: 
1135
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2009-04
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB