COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0911243dc
Reference Number:
English MS 102
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Robert the Bruce returns
Parent Work Title:
Marlborough Brut Chronicle
Alternative Parent Work Title:
The Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
15th century
Page:
60v
Image Sequence Number:
060v
Description:
The story of how Robert the Bruce returns to Scotland and defeats Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn. Red rubrication introduces the next tale. The bottom left corner of the folio has been damaged and is missing. Written space is 235 x 190 mm, 2 columns with 34 lines. The script is in a secretary hand with some influence from anglicana.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Scotland--History--1057-1603
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
Places Covered:
Scotland: Falkirk: Bannockburn
People Covered:
Robert I, King of Scots, 1274-1329
People Covered:
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327
Item Height:
322 mm
Item Width:
237 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Wasey, George Lea
Provenance:
Young, Willelmus
Provenance:
Kyng, Johannes
Provenance:
Wodward, Lionelius
Provenance:
Hales, John
Provenance:
Colepeper, Thomas
Provenance:
Ley, James, Sir, of Westbury, afterwards Earl of Marlborough.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.22.
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. 416-17. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
Bibliographic Citation:
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)
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £22.10s on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-02-18
Multi Page Number:
630
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Robert the Bruce returns
