COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925126dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Alfred (Alvred) Dolphin (Dolfines)
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
47v
Image Sequence Number:
047v
Description:
The tale of the death of King Eldred. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how King Alfred assembles a great host and defeats the Danes, who return to Denmark. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how Hubba and Hungar (Hinguar) were quelled at Chippenham. Line 12 scribal error: the first 'how' should be 'of'. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
day afterward. þe danes and þe englisshe men foughten to gidere anoþ(er)e tyme vppon Elkendenne and þere was slayn a king o Denmark þat was called Rasynge. and foure erls of gret power and þat day hadde danoys shame for þey were dryuen vnto Engelfeld and þe .xv. day aft(er) þe danoys and þe Englisshe men foughten anoþ(er) tyme at Rasynge and þere were þe englisshe men descomfited. and fram þennes a danoys þat me callede Roynt wento to Redy(~)g with host and destroyede al þat he myghte take. and king El dred fought with him: but he was wounded so wherfore he was ded and he nadde regned but .v. ȝere and lith at Won burne How king Alured and how þe Danoys in his time prayede him of mercy þat þey moste gon out of þe londe Co [...] // Co vijo. After þe deþ of þis Eldred regned his broþ(er) Alu- red þat Dolfines. was called. þo wente þe danoys and assemblede ham and wente for to seche Alured þat þo was þe newe king of Southsex and þ(er)e þey founden him at Wiltou(~) with a litel peple and noþeles he faught wiþ ham. but at þe laste he fledde þennes fram þe felde and wente vnto Westsex and ordeignede so muche peple of his owene reaume and also of oþer so til þat he had a strong host: so þat þe Danoys had no power aȝens him to stonde. And he come to London with his host and þ(er)e were þe danoys soio(ur)nede and þere wolde haue foughten with ham. but þe danoys ne dorste nouȝt with him to fighte. but preyede him of pees and þat þey moste gon a- ȝen into hire owene cuntre and neu(er)more in to Engelond for to come aȝen eny harme to done. and vppon þis couenaunt þey shulde ȝeue him to plegge goode hostages and suche as þe Englisshe men wolde axen. How Hubba and Hunguar were quelde at Chippenham and how þe danoys broughte here king vnto oure king. Capitulo Centisimo Octauo And þe same day þat þe Danoys dep(ar)tede fram Londou(~) so faste þey ryden boþe nyght and day and neu(er)e tok reste of goynge. til þat þey comen vnto Excestr(e) and token
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
500 - 1000 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Alfred, King of England, 849-899
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:
520
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 Alfred (Alvred) Dolphin (Dolfines)
