Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Arthur sends a letter to Rome
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Image Number:
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JRL0906489dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 206
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Previous Accession Number:
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R33820
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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King Arthur sends a letter to Rome
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1326 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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14th-15th century
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Page:
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42v
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Image Sequence Number:
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042v
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Description:
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King Arthur sends a letter back to Rome declaring that he will defend his lands against them and then gathers allies against Rome. Rubrication in darker ink introduces each tale. The written space is c.197 x 118 mm in a good secretary hand which is the same throughout.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Subject:
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Arthurian romances
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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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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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Places Covered:
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Italy: Rome
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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Arthur, King
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Item Height:
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263 mm
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Item Width:
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192 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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Parker Coke, Daniel, Fellow of All Souls, Oxford.
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Provenance:
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Banister, Mergret
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Provenance:
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Provenance:
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Campinet, William, of Kilworty (?) Yorks
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Provenance:
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Peell, John, of Stokes, Notts
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Provenance:
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Fann van moter, Will
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Provenance:
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Kyechyner, William
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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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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), pp. 421-22. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
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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.36.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-02-03
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Multi Page Number:
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450
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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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2009-04
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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