COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926191dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Richard the Lionheart
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
63r
Image Sequence Number:
063r
Description:
The words 'Richard 1' are written in the top margin. In the left margin is written 'Twise Crouned' in a later hand. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how when his ransom is paid and he is out of prison, King Richard disinherits his brother John, then goes to France, where he is mortally wounded by an arrow in Gaillard. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
of þe ordre of Cisteaux ȝeuen alle hire books þorugh Enge londe to don ham for to selle and þ(t) raunsome for to paye. How king Richard come aȝene f(ro)m þe holy londe and avengede him of his enemys. Cap(o) Centesimo xlv(to). Whiles þis king Richard was in p(ri)soun(~): þe king of ff(ra)unce werrede vppon him st(ro)ngly in Normandie. and Joh(a)n his bro þ(er). werrede vppon him in Engelond. but þ(e) Biss hoppes and þe Barouns of Engelonde wiþstoden ham w(t) al þe poer þ(t) þey had and myghte gete and getten þe castel of Wyndesore and alle oþ(er)e casteles // And þ(e) forsayde Joh(a)n saugh þat he had no myght ne poer aȝens þe barouns of Engelond for to fighte. but anon him wente ou(er) þe see vnto þe king of ff(ra)unce // And whanne king Richard com out of p(ri)soun and was delyu(er)ed and come in to Engelond anon aft(er) Candelmasse in gret haste he wente vnto Notyng- h(a)m. and þe castel of Notyngh(a)m to him was ȝelden. and þo disheritede he Joh(a)n his broþer and alle þ(t) w(t) him hel- de and after he wente vnto þe Citee of Wynchestre and þere he lete him croune king eftsones: and after he wente in to Normandie for to werre vppon þe king of ff(ra)unce // And þe king of ff(ra)unce come wiþ .vj. knyghtes towarde Gisers and þe king Richard mette him and þo wolde haue ȝeue him bataile: but þe king of ff(ra)unce fledde and an hundred knightes of his were take: and. ij. hundred stedes were t(ra)p- ped wiþ yren.// And anon after wente king Richard for to bysege þe castell of Gaillard // And as he rode vppon aday by þe castel for to take avisement of þe Castel. ar- blaster smote him with a quarel þat was enuenemed and þe king drowe out þe shafte of þe quarel. but þe quarell heuede abode stille in his heuede and it bigan for to rancle þat he myghte nouȝt helpe him self ne me- ve his armes // And þo he wiste þ(t) he had dethes woun- de þat he mighte nouȝt ben hole for no maner þing. he comaundede anon sharply alle his men for to assayle þe
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
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:
France: Normandy
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:
675
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
