COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
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Man4MedievalVC~4~4
Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0906464dc
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JRL0906464dc
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
English MS 206
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English MS 206
Reference Number
false
Previous Accession Number:
R33820
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Vortiger and Merlin
image_title
Vortiger and Merlin
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1326 Continuation)
parent_work_title
Brut Chronicle (1326 Continuation)
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
alternative_parent_work_title
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
14th-15th century
date_created
14th-15th century
Date Created
false
Page:
30r
page
30r
Page
false
Image Sequence Number:
030r
image_sequence_number
030r
Image Sequence Number
false
Description:
Vortigern asks Merlin why the castle he is building will not stand. Merlin tells him that two dragons, one white, one red live in a lake below the foundations of the castle and that they destroy the castle by fighting. The written space is c.197 x 118 mm in a good secretary hand which is the same throughout.
description
Vortigern asks Merlin why the castle he is building will not stand. Merlin tells him that two dragons, one white, one red live in a lake below the foundations of the castle and that they destroy the castle by fighting. The written space is c.197 x 118 mm in a good secretary hand which is the same throughout.
Description
false
Language Code:
enm-GB
language
enm-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Great Britain--History
subject
Great Britain--History
Subject
false
Subject:
Chronicles of England
subject
Chronicles of England
Subject
false
Subject:
Arthurian romances
subject
Arthurian romances
Subject
false
Subject:
Wales--History--To 1063
subject
Wales--History--To 1063
Subject
false
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
subject
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category_of_material
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
sub_category
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
technique_used
Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
support
Vellum
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
time_period_covered
1 BCE - 500 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
Wales
places_covered
Wales
Places Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
places_covered
England
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Merlin (Legendary character)
people_covered
Merlin (Legendary character)
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Vortigern, active 450
people_covered
Vortigern, active 450
People Covered
false
Item Height:
263 mm
item_height
263 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
192 mm
item_width
192 mm
Item Width
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Banister, Mergret
provenance
Banister, Mergret
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Parker Coke, Daniel, Fellow of All Souls, Oxford.
provenance
Parker Coke, Daniel, Fellow of All Souls, Oxford.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Campinet, William, of Kilworty (?) Yorks
provenance
Campinet, William, of Kilworty (?) Yorks
Provenance
false
Provenance:
provenance
<a href="http://archives.li.man.ac.uk/ead/search/?operation=full&recid=gb133engmss206-207">George Dunn Collection</a>
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Peell, John, of Stokes, Notts
provenance
Peell, John, of Stokes, Notts
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Kyechyner, William
provenance
Kyechyner, William
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Fann van moter, Will
provenance
Fann van moter, Will
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
rights_holder___image
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
rights_holder___work
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
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. 421-22. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
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. 421-22. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References
false
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.36.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.36.
References
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-02-03
Multi Page Number:
325
multi_page_number
325
Multi Page Number
false
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB