Detail View: Medieval Collection: Edward III
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Image Number:
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JRL0926303dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
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R15385
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Edward III
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Alternative Image Title:
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Sir Roger Mortimer
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1347 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 century [mid]
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Page:
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119r
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Image Sequence Number:
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119r
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Description:
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The words ' Edward 3 ' are written in the top margin. The constable tells King Edward's men of a secret underground passage into the castle, by which they enter by night in order to take Roger Mortimer. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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þe kinges wille shulde ben don in as muche as he myghte and wolde nought spare for no maner deþ and so he swore and made his oþ // þo saide S(ir) Will(ia)m of Mountagu to þe Constable in heringe of alle ham þat were helpynge vnto þe querell: Now certes dere frende vs byhoueth for to werche and done by ȝoure queyntise to take þe Mortym(er) sith þat ȝe ben kep(er)e of þe Castell and haueth þe keyes in ȝour war de // Sire quod þe Constable wile ȝe vndirstonde þ(t) þe gat(es) of þe castel beth lokede w(t) þe lokes þat Dame. Js(abel). sende hi- der. and by nyghte she hath þe keyes þ(er)of and leith þam vnder þe cheuisel of hire bed vnto þe morne. and so y may nowȝt come in to þe Castel by þe gates in no man(er) wise but y knowe an alee þat strecchith out of þe warde vnder erthe in to þe Castel þ(t) goþ in to þe west which alee dame Js(abel). þ(e) Quene ne none of hire men ne þe Mortym(er) ne non of his companye knowith it nouȝt and so y shal lede ȝow þorugh þ(t) alee and so ȝe shulle come in to þe Castel w(t)oute aspyes of ony man þ(t) beth ȝour enemys // And þ(e) same nyght S(ir) Will(ia)m Mountagu and alle þe lordes of his q(ue)rel and þ(e) same constable also wente ham to hors and maden semblaunt as it were forto wende out of þe Mortymers sighte // But anon as þe Mortym(er) herde þis tydyng(es). he wende þ(t) þey wolde haue gon ou(er) þe see for drede of him and anon he and his compaignye nome counceil among(es) ham for to lette hire passage . and sente l(et)reȝ anon vnto þ(e) portis. so þat none of þe grete lordes shulde wende home vnto hire owene cuntre but ȝif he were areste. and takne // And among oþ(er) þing(es) Will(ia)m Olande Constable of þe for- saide Castel p(ri)uyleche lad S(ir) Will(ia)m Mountagu . and his companye by þe forsaide way vnder erþ(e) so til þ(t) þey co- men in to þe Castel and wente vp in to þe Tour þere þat þe Mortym(er) was in: but S(ir) Hughe þe Trompeton ham ast(er)ede hidously and saide. A trayto(ur)s it is al for nought þ(t) ȝe beþ comen in to þis Castel ȝe shulle dye ȝit
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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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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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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Illumination (image-making process)
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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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1200 - 1500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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278 mm
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Item Width:
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183 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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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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Access Rights:
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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), p. 417. 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.23.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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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)
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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-22
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Multi Page Number:
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1235
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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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2010-10
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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