COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926202dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King John
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
68v
Image Sequence Number:
068v
Description:
The word 'John' is written in the top margin of the folio. There is a catchword 'the masse' in the bottom margin. The tale of the letter King John writes to the court of Rome, paying homage to the Pope and surrendering to his authority and demands. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how King John welcomes back the clerks he outlawed from England, and how King John is absolved of his sins. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
oure. justices. and oure oþ(er)e ffraunchiseȝ and oþ(er)e realteȝ þat per teyneth vnto þe croune. And alle þese þinges þat bifore ben sayde we wile þat it be ferme and stable w(t)outen ende and to þat obligacioun(~) we and alle oure successours and oure heires in pi(s) manere beþ bounde þa yf we or onye of oure heirs þorugh ony presumpcioun falle in eny poynt aȝens þese þinges aboue say- de and he be warned and wile nouȝt right amende him: he shal þanne lese þe forsaide reaumes. for eu(er)more. and þ(t) þis chartre of obligaciou(~) and oure waraunt for eu(er)more be ferme and stable w(t)outen gayn saynge: we shulle fro þis day aftir warde be trewe to god and to þe moder chirche of Rome and to þe pope Innocent þe þridde: and to alle þ(t) cometh aftir him and þe reaumes of Engelond and of .Jrlande. we shul- len mayntene trewely in alle manere pointeȝ aȝens alle manere men by oure poere þorugh godes helpe. How þe clerkes þat wer(e) outlawede of Engelond come aȝene and how [...] king Joh(a)n was assoiled C(o) C(mo). lij(do). Whenne þis chartre [...] was made and enseled: þe king vnderfeng aȝen his croune of Pandolfes handes and sente anon vnto þe Erche bisshop Stephene and to alle his oþ(er)e clerkes and lewede men þat he had exiled out of his lande þat þey shulde come aȝen in to Engelonde and haue aȝen hire landes and hire rentes & þat he wolde make restituciou(~) of þe goodes þat he had take of hire aȝens hire wille // þe king him self and Pandolf and erles and barouns wente þo vnto Wynchestr(e) aȝens the erche bisshop Stephene: and whanne he was come: þe king wente aȝens him and felle adoun vnto his fete: and sayde to him faire sire. ȝe beth welcome and .J. crie ȝow mercy for enchesou(~) þat y haue trespassed aȝens ȝow // þe Erchebisshop toke him vp þo in his armes and cussede him curteysleche ofte times and after ladde him to þe dore of Sent Swithunus cherche by þe hande and assoilede him of þe sentense and him re- concilede to god and to holy chirche and þat was on sent Margretes day: and þe Erchebisshop anon wente for to singe [...] þe masse
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Catholic Church
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
John, King of England, 1167-1216
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:
730
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 John
