COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925057dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Leir returns to Britain
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
13r
Image Sequence Number:
013r
Description:
The story of how Leir (Lear) was made King again with the aid of his daughter Cordeill (Cordelia). Then follows the tale of how Cordeill was overthrown by her nephews Morgan and Conenedag after the death of Leir. The next tale is the story of Rynallo, Conenedag's son. Each tale is introduced by red rubrication and an illuminated initial. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
fader for to conquere þe lande aȝene and his kingdome and Cordeill also come wiþ hire fader in to Britaigne for to haue þe reaume after hir fadres deþ and anon þey wente to shipp and passede þe see and come in to Britaigne and foughten wiþ þe felouns and ham scomfitede and quelde and Leir þo had his land aȝen and after leuede . iij . ȝere and held his reame in pees and afterward deide . and Cordeill his dought(er) him lete entere with muchil hono(ur) at Leicestre How Morgan and Conedage þat were Neueus to Cordeill werrede vppon hire and pulte hire in to prisoun . Captiulo .xiiijo. : - Whanne þat king Leir was ded Cordeill his ȝongest dough- ter helde and hadde þe lande . v. ȝere and in þe mene tyme deide hir lord agamp . þat was king of ff(ra)unce and after his deþ she lefte widue // And þo come Morgan and Conedage þat were Cordeill sustres sones and to hire hadde enuye for as muche as hir aunt shulde haue þe lande so þat bituen ham þey ordeyned a gret poer and oppon hir werre- de gretliche and neu(er) þey reste til þat þey had hir taken and pult hir vnto deþ // And þo Morgam and Conedage seisede al þe land and dep(ar)tede it bituene ham and þey helde it xij . ȝer // And whanne þo xij ȝere were gone . þere bigan bi- tuene ham a gret debate so þat þey werrede st(ro)ngly yfere & euerich of ham dede oþ(er) muche disese . ffor Morgan wolde haue had al þe land fro byȝonde Humber þat Conedage helde. but he come aȝens him with a st(ro)ng poer so þat Morgan dorste nought abide but fley a way in to Walys and Conedage þur- suede him and toke him and queld him . // þo come Coneda- ge aȝein and seisede al þe lande in to his hande and helde it and regnede after xxxiij . ȝer and þo deide and lith at ne we Troye How Raynolde þat was Conedages sone regned after his fader and in his tyme it raynede blood . iij . daies [ . . ]in tokenyng of gret deth . Capo xvmo . And after þis [...] Conedage regnede Raynold his sone a wys knight & and hardy and curteis þat wel and nobly gouernede þe lande
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Lear, King (Legendary character)
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:
175
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
King Leir returns to Britain
