COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926235dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
85r
Image Sequence Number:
085r
Description:
The words ' Edward I ' are written in the top margin. The end of the tale of John Comyn. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of how Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Scotland. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of how King Edward dubbed fourteen score knights at Westminster, and advanced into Scotland to war. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' T ' introduce the tale of how Robert the Bruce was defeated. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
an hey in to þe wallis and ȝit in to þis day þat blood is sene þere þat no water may wasshe it away and so deide þat noble knyght in holy chirche How Rob(er)t þe Brus was crouned and made king of Scotlande. Ca(o) C(mo). octogesi(~)mo xix(mo). And whanne þe traitour Robert þe Brus saw þat no man þo wolde lette his coronacioun he comaundede al le ham þat were of poer shulde come vnto his crounyng to sent Joh(a)nes toun in Scotlande // And so it bifel þ(t) on oure lady day of Aununciacioun þe Bisshop of Glaston and þe bis shop of sent Andrev crounede for hire king Rob(er)t þe Brus in sent Joh(a)nes toun and made him king and anon aftir he drof out alle þe englisshe men of Scotlande and þey fleye and come and pleynede vnto king Edwarde how þ(t) Rob(er)t þ(e). Brus had dryue ham out of þ(e) lande & disherited ham. How king Edward dubbede at Westm(inster). xiiij score knyȝt(es) [...] // Cap(o) Centesimo. iiij(xx). And whanne king Edward [...] herde of þis meschief: he swore þat he wolde þerof ben auenged and saide þ(t) alle þe traitours of Scotland shul den ben hongede and drawe and þ(t) þey shulde neu(er)e be raun somede // And king Edward þoughte vppon this falsnesse þ(t) þe Scottes had done: and sende after al þ(e) bachelrye of En- gelonde þat þey shulde come to Londou(~) at Whitsuntyde & he dobbede at Westmynstr(e) xiiij score knyghtes // þo ordeigne de him þe noble king Edward for to wende in to Scotland to werre vppon Rob(er)t of Brus and sente bifore him in to Scot lande S(ire) Aymer þe Valaunce erl of Penbrok and S(ire) Henry P(er)cy Baroun. w(t) a faire companye þ(t) p(ur)suede þe scottes and brende tounes & castelles. and aftirward come þ(e) king him self wiþ erles and barouns a faire compaignye How Robert þe Brus was scomfited in bataile and how Symo(~)d Frisell was slayn Capitulo Centesimo. iiij(xx). primo The friday next bifore assumpciou(~) of oure lady. king Edward mette Robert þe Brus bisides sent Joh(a)nes toun in Scotlande and with his companye of which com
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
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:
895
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
King Edward
