COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925038dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Table of chapters
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
3v
Image Sequence Number:
003v
Description:
Table of 223 numbered chapters with initials in blue and red ink. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata. 'auauncede' is missing from line 14.
Transcription:
his fadres deth and how he drof Coleg(er)n and þe Saxones and Chelduc of Almaigne out of þis lande Capo lxxiijo How Arthur ʒaf Bataile to þe Saxones whane þey come(~) aʒen & bisegede þe toune of Bathe and ham ou(er)come. Co lxxiiijo. How king Arthur axede of M(er)lyn þe auentures of sixe þe laste kinges þ(t) were to regne in Engelonde & how þe lande shulde ende Capitulo lxxvto. How Arthur ou(er)come Guyllomer þat was king of Irlonde and how þe scottis bicomen his men Capo lxxvjto. How king Arthur spousede Gunnore þ(t) was Cadores cosyn erl of Cornewaile and aft(er) he co(~)q(ue)rede of Guyllom(er) al Irland Colxxvijo. How king Arthur com in to ffr(au)nc and co(~)querede þat londe of ffroll þ(t) was a romayn him quelde Capo lxxviijo. How king Arthur alle his men þat hadden trauailede with him in his seruice Capo lxxixo. Of þe lettre þat was sent fram þe citee of Rome for pride to King Arthur Capo. iiijxx. Of þe bolde ansuer þ(t) king Arthur sente to þe Empour of Rome and to þe Romayns Capo. iiijxx p(ri)mo. Of þe reu(er)ence þ(t) king Arthur dede to þe Emp(er)ors messag(er)s of Rome Of þe kinges and lordes þat comen to Capo iiijxxijo. helpe king Arthur aʒens þe Emp(er)o(ur) of Rome Caoiiijxx.iijo. How king Arthur faught w(t) a Geaunt in Spaigne þat me callede Denabʒ þat quelde Eleyne þat was king Hoeles cosin of litel Britaigne Capo iiijxx. iiijo. How king Arthur ʒaf bataile to þe Emp(er)our in þe which bataile þe Emp(er)our was slayn Capo. iiijxx. vto. how king Arthur lete entere his knyʒtes þat he had lost in bataile and how he sente þe Emp(er)o(ur)s body to Rome þ(t) þere was slayn in bataile Capo. iiijxx. vjo. How Mordrede þe traitour to wham king Arthur toke his lande to kepe and his castell and helde it aʒens him Capo iiijxxvijo. How Arthur enchacede Mordred þe traito(ur) and how he
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Item Height:
278 mm
Item Width:
183 mm
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
Access Rights:
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), p. 417. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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 £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
80
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Table of chapters
