COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925073dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Vortiger and Engist
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
21r
Image Sequence Number:
021r
Description:
The tale of how Engist gained power over the whole land. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' W ' introduce the tale of how Vortiger went into Wales (Walys). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
ben holden faste bisides Salesberye oppon a hille . and Engist shulde come þeder with .iiij. C. knightes wiþoute mo and þe king wiþ as meny of þe wiseste of his lande // And at þat day þe king come w(t) his counceil as it was ordeigned : but Engist had warned his knightes p(ri)ueleche and ham com(~)aunded þat eu(er)ich of ham shulde pulte a long knyf in his hose . and whanne he saide faire sires now is time to speke of loue and pes : eu(er)ich anon shulde drawe his knif and sle a britoun(~) . and so þey q(ue)l- de xxx. Ml. and lxj. of knightes and wiþ muche sorwe many of ham ascapede and Vortiger him self was taken and lad to Twongcastel and pulte in to prisoun(~). and somme of Engistes men wolde þat þe king had ben brend al quik // And Vortiger þo to haue his lif g(ra)untede ham as muche as þey wolde axen and ȝaf op al þe lande. tounes and casteles citees and Burghes to Engist and to his folc and alle þe britouns fledde þennes in to Walys and þere helde ham stille . And Engist wente þorugh þe lande and seisede al þe lande wiþ fraunchises and in eu(er)y place lete caste a doun chirches and houses of Religioun(~) and destroiede c(ri)stendome þorugh þe lande and lete chaunge þ(e) name of þe lande þat no man of his were so hardy after þat tyme to calle þis lande Britaigne : but calle it Engisteslande . and he dep(ar)tede al þat lande to his me(~) and þe(r) made .vij. kinges for to strenþ(e) þe land þat þe britouns shulde neu(er) after comen þ(er)in- ne // þe ferste kingdome was Kent þere þat Engist him self regnede and was lord and maister ou(er) alle þe oþere // Anoþer king had Southsex where now is Chichestr // þe þridde king had Westsex // þe . ferþ(e) king had Essex // þe vifte king had Estangill þat now is called Northfolc . Southfolc Mercheme- riche þat is to sayn þe Erldome of Nichole // þe vj . had Leicestr shire Norh(a)mptsshire H(er)ford and Huntyngdon // þe vij . hadde Oxenforde . Gloucestr . Wynchestr Warwik and Derby schire How Vortiger wente in to Walys and bigan þ(er)e a castell þat wolde nouȝt stande wiþoute mort(er) te(~)pred w(t) blood Co. lxmo. Whanne Engist had dep(ar)ted al þe lande in þis manere by-
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Vortigern, active 450
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:
255
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 Vortiger and Engist
