Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Richard the Lionheart
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Image Number:
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JRL0926191dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 103
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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King Richard the Lionheart
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
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63r
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Image Sequence Number:
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063r
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Description:
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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.
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Transcription:
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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
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1000 - 1200 CE
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Places Covered:
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France: Normandy
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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John, King of England, 1167-1216
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People Covered:
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Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199
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Item Height:
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278 mm
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Item Width:
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183 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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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)
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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-22
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Multi Page Number:
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675
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2010-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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