Detail View: Medieval Collection: Founding of St Denis
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Image Number:
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JRL0803390dc
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Reference Number:
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French MS 99
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Image Title:
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Founding of St Denis
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Parent Work Title:
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Histoire Universelle
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Chronicle Roll
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Universal history
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Date Created:
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15th century
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Page:
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Frame thirteen
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Image Sequence Number:
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013
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Description:
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Vellum roll depicting a chronological history from the creation to 15th century France. It contains 65 painted medallions. The first column relates to the Christian Church in Rome and the line of popes to Gaius (listed as Urban I, Pontain, Anterus, Synatus, Fabian, Cornelius, Lucius I, Stephen I, Sixtus II, Eutychian and Gaius). The second column relates the persecution of the Christians and lists the line of Roman Emperors to Claudius II (Septimius Severus, Antoninus, Macrinus, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus [= Elagabalus], Gellius Maximus, Alexander Severus, Maximus Thrax, Pupienus, Gordian, Philip, Philip II, Decius, Valerian and Claudius II). The third column continues with the line of the first French (Merovingian) kings (Merovech, Childeric, Clovis I, his sons Theuderic (Thierry in French), Childebert I, Clotaire I (Lothair) and Chlodomer, the next generation of Guntram, Sigebert I, Charibert and Chilperic, and the next Theuderic II, Theudebert II, Childebert II and Clotaire II). It finishes with Dogobert I who ruled over all the Franks. The fourth column gives an account of the early British kings Vortigern, Vortimer, Aurelius Ambrosius and his brother Uther Pendragon. It describes how Uther fathered Arthur by Igraine, wife of the Duke of Cornwall. The medallions depict events from the text, including the baptism of Clovis (46), a battle between the Angles and the Britains (47), Dagobert founding the church at St Denis in France (48) and Arthur killing Mordet [= Mordred] in battle (49).
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Language Code:
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fre-FR
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Language:
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French
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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France--History
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Subject:
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Roman history
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Subject:
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Religion
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Subject:
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Christianity
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Subject:
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Catholic Church
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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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Rolls
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Sub-Category:
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Miniatures [paintings]
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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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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Great Britain
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Places Covered:
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France
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Places Covered:
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Italy
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People Covered:
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Urban I, Pope, -230
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People Covered:
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Pontain, Pope
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People Covered:
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Severus Alexander, Emperor of Rome, 208-235
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People Covered:
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Severus, Lucius Septimius, Emperor of Rome, 146-211
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People Covered:
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Vortigern, active 450
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People Covered:
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Uther Pendragon (Legendary character)
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People Covered:
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Fabian, Pope, -250
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People Covered:
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Cornelius, Pope, -253
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People Covered:
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Lucius I, Pope
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People Covered:
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Stephen I, Pope, -257
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People Covered:
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Sixtus II, Pope, -258
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People Covered:
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Gaius, Pope, active 283-296
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People Covered:
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Macrinus, Emperor of Rome, 164-218
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People Covered:
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Elagabalus, Emperor of Rome, 204-222
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People Covered:
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Maximinus, C. Julius Verus, Roman Emperor, -238
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People Covered:
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Maximus, Marcus Clodius Pupienus, -238
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People Covered:
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Gordian III, Emperor of Rome, 225-244
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People Covered:
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Philip, the Arabian, Emperor of Rome, 244-249
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People Covered:
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Decius, Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus, Emperor of Rome, 201-251
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People Covered:
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Valerian, Emperor of Rome
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People Covered:
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Claudius, II, Emperor of Rome, 214-270
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People Covered:
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Clovis, King of the Franks, approximately 466-511
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People Covered:
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Dagobert I, King of the Franks, -639
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People Covered:
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Arthur, King
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People Covered:
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Mordred (Legendary character)
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People Covered:
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Eutychianus, Pope, -283
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People Covered:
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ChildeÌric I, King of the Franks, -481
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People Covered:
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Clotaire I, King of the Franks, approximately 497-561
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People Covered:
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Clotaire II, King of the Franks, 584-629
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People Covered:
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Anterus, Pope, -236
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People Covered:
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Antoninus Augustus, Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 188-217
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Item Height:
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17230 mm (roll)
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Item Width:
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686 mm (roll)
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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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Coppock, Mrs, former owner
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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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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 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester |
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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.7.
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Notes:
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Bought from Mrs Coppock of Newquay in January 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2008-01-28
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Multi Page Number:
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65
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2008-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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