COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926181dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Henry
Alternative Image Title:
King Lowys (Louis) of Normandy
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
58r
Image Sequence Number:
058r
Description:
The words 'Henry 1' appear in the top margin of the folio. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how King Henry fights and overcomes Lowys (Louis) King of Normandy. How Henry's sons drown at sea. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
mandie and þe werre was strong bituene ham too: and þo deide þe king of ff(ra)unce .and lowys. his sone was made king anone after his deth. and þo wente king Henr(y) aȝen in to Engelonde. and mariede Maude his douȝt(er) to Henry þ(e) Emp(er)o(ur) of Almaigne Of þe debate þat was bituene king lowys of ff(ra)unce and king Henry of Engelond and how king hen- ryes too sones were loste in þe hye see . Cao. vjxx:. xvjo. Whanne king Henry had ben king .xvij. ȝer. a gret de- bate aros bituene king lowys of ff(ra)unce and king henry of Engelond. for enchesoun þ(t) þe king had sent in to Normandye to his men for þey shulden ben helpynge to þe Erl of Blenes as muchel as þey mighte in were aȝens þe king of ff(ra)unce and þ(t) þey were as redy vnto him as þey wolde ben vnto hire owene lord. for enchesoun that þe Erl had spoused his suster dame Maude. for which enchesoun þe king of ff(ra)unce dede muche sorwe to Nor mandye wherfore þe king of Engelond was wonder wroþ: and in haste wente ouer see w(t) a g(re)te poer and come in to Normandie for to defende þat londe and þe werere bituene ham laste .ij. ȝere .til at þe laste þey too fouȝ ten togidere and þe king of ff(ra)unce was descomfited & vnneþe scapede a way wiþ muchel peyne and þe most part of his men were taken and þe king dede w(t) ham what him likede and some of ham he lete gon freleche and some he lete putte to deþe. but afterward . þo .ij. king(es) were accorded // And whanne king. Henry had hollyche al þe lande of Normandye and scomfitede his enemys of ff(ra)unce: he turnede aȝein in to Engelond w(t) muchel hono(ur) and his .ij. sones William and Richard. wolde come aft(er) hire fader and wenten to þe see w(t) a gret companye of peple. but er þat þey myȝte come to londe: þe shippe com aȝens a roche and brak al in to peeces and alle were dren- chede þat were þ(er)inne. sauf o. man þat was in þe same shippe þat ascapede and þis was in sent Kat(er)ines day.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
France--History--12th century
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1000 - 1200 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135
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:
625
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 Henry
