COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926277dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Merlyn's prophecies about King Edward II
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
106r
Image Sequence Number:
106r
Description:
There is a tear in the vellum in the top right margin which appears to have been stitched and come apart again. Pricking is clearly visible in the right margin. The words 'Edward 2' are written in the top margin. The tale of how Merlyn's prophecies about King Edward II and St Thomas of Lancaster were true. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
soth. for by þe brennynge of þe bere is bitokened gret drede þorugh cottinge of swerde at þ(t) bataile ordeined in a felde as a sheelde vppon an arme of þ(e) see: is bitokened þ(e) batale of Mitou(~) for þ(er)e come þ(e) scottis in manere of a whinge and quelde vppon. swale men of religiou(~) p(ri)stes and seculers wher- fore þ(e) scottis callede þ(t) bataile in despit of english me(~). þe white bataile // And aft(er) M(er)lyn saide þat þe forsaide bere shulde done þe .goot. muche harme. and þ(t) shulde ben vppon þe soutwest and also vppon his blod. and saide also þ(t) þe Goot. shulde lese muche del of his lande til þe time þ(t) shame shulde him ou(er)come and þanne he shulde cloþen him w(t) a leouns skyn. and shulde wynne aȝen þ(t) he had lost and muche more þorugh a peple þ(t) shulde come out of þ(e) North West þ(t) shulde make him ben drad and him avenge of his enemys þorugh conceil of .ij. owles þ(t) ferst shulde ben in p(er)ile to ben vndone and þ(t) þo .ij. owles shulde wende ou(er) þe see in to a st(ra)unge lande and þ(er)e þey shulde duelle til a certein time. and after þey shulde come in to Englond aȝen: and .ij. owles shulde don muche harm vnto meny on and þ(t) þey shulde counceile þe Goot for to meve werre a- ȝens þe forsaide .bere. and þ(t) þe Goot & þe. Owles. shulde co- men vnto an arme of þe see at Bartou(~) vp Trent and shulde wende ou(er)e and þ(t) for drede. þe Bere shulde fle w(t) a .swan. in his companye vnto Bir. toward þe North þorugh an vnkynde outpulter and þ(t) þe swan þanne shul- de be slayn wit sorwe and þe Bere shulde be slayn ful neigh his owene nest þat shal stonde vppon .Pountfret oppon wham þe sonne shal shede his beemes and many folc him shal seche for þe muchel v(er)tue. and he saide ful soth: ffor þe good erl Thoma(a)s of lancastr(e) was born in þe Northwest and cosyn to þe king sone of his vncle: and by lawe he made þe king lese muche lande þ(e) which he had purchacede willefulliche . til at þe laste þe king þ(er)of took shame and him self fellede w(t) cruelte and
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
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:
1105
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Merlyn's prophecies about King Edward II
