COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926190dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Richard the Lionheart
Alternative Image Title:
Holy Crusades
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
62v
Image Sequence Number:
062v
Description:
The words 'Richard I' appear in the top margin. Red rubrication and an illuminated initail 'A' introduce the story of King Richard I and his crusade to win back the Holy Land. The tale of how he hears his brother, Earl John, plans to crown himself King in his absence, and how Richard is thrown into prison by the Emporor of Almaigne. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
ȝere and .v. mounþes. and .iiij. daies he deide and lith att ffount euerard Of king Richard þat conquerede al þe holy lande þat cristene men had lost Capitulo Centesimo. xliiij(o). And after þis king Henry regnede Ric(hard) his sone a st(ro)ng man and a worthy and also bolde: and he was crou- ned at Westmynstr(e) of þe Erchebisshop Baldewyne of Kaunt(er) bery þe .iiij. day of Septembr(e): and þ(e) .ij(e). ȝer of his regne. king Richard him self and Baldewyne þe Erchebisshop of Kaunt(er) bery. and Hubert bisshopp of Salesbery. and Randulph Erl of Gloucestr(e) and oþ(er)e many lordes of Engelond. went in to þ(e) holy lond and in þ(t) viage deide þ(e) Erchebisshop of Kaunt(er)- bery and king Richard wente bifore in to þ(e) holy lande & reste nouȝt til þat he come forth in his way vnto Cipres. and toke Cipres w(t) grete force. and syyþen he wente forth to ward þe holy lande and gette aȝen as muche as þe c(ri)stene men had loste bifore. king Richard gette it and co(~)querede aȝen þorugh gret myght sauf onely þe holy crois // And whan king Richard come to þe toun(~) of Acres for to gete þe Citee: a gret debate aros bituene him and þe king of ff(ra)unce. so þat king Richard wente aȝen in to ff(ra)unce. and was wroth toward þe king of ff(ra)unce. but er king Richard wente aȝen he toke þe citee of Acres // And whanne he had taken hit he duellede in þe Citee a while: but to him come tydinge þat þ(e) Erl John. of Oxenford his broþ(er) wolde haue seised al Engelond in to his hande and Normandie also. and wol de croune hym king of þe lande // And whanne king Ri- chard herde þis tidinge: he wente aȝen toward Engelonde with al þe spede þat he mighte: but þe Duk of Estrich mette wiþ him and toke him and brouȝte him vnto þe Emp(er)our of Almaigne. and þe Emp(er)o(ur) brouȝte him in to his p(ri)soun(~). and afterward he was delyuered for an huge Raunsome þat is for to paye a C.M(l). pounde //And for which raunsome to ben payede ech oþ(er) chalis of Engelond was melte and made in to mone. and alle þe monkes
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Crusades
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:
Palestine
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
John, King of England, 1167-1216
People Covered:
Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199
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:
670
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 Richard the Lionheart
