COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL060507dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Image Title:
Why England was called Albion
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page/Sheet:
9r
Image Sequence Number:
009r
Description:
Illuminated border. This part of the chronicle relates how England used to be called Albion and how it got that name. The Brut Chronicle is the earliest prose chronicle in English. It begins with the legend of the Trojan hero Brutus, his conquest of Albion and the naming of Britain after him.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2006-03-17
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2006-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Why England was called Albion
