COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926325dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Edward III
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
130r
Image Sequence Number:
130r
Description:
The words ' Edward 3 ' appear in the top margin. '1347' and 'XXj' appear in the bottom right margin. The tale of how peoples' dress changed. King Edward travels to Brittany and Gascoigne. Red rubrication and a space for a decorated initial ' I ' introduce the tale of how King Edward sails into Normandy. A space is left for a decorated initial 'I' on the last line, which has been omitted. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
and rialte weryn too kynges too qwenes the pryns of Valeys the duke of Cornewayle x Erles ix Countesses barons & meny burgeys the which myghten not lightly be noumbred and of diu(er)s landes beȝond the see weren many strangers / And at þe same tyme whan the Justes wre were done kyng Edeward made a grete soper in the which he ordeyned ferst and bygan hys round table and ordeygned and stedfasted the day of the forseyd round table to be holden ther atte Wyndesore in the Whitsonweke eu(er)more ȝerly and in thys tyme Englysshmen so mych haunted and clevyd to the woodnes and folye of the straungers that fro the tyme of the comyng of þe henauders xviij ȝeer passed þei ordeyned and chaunged hem eu(er)y ȝeer diu(er)s shappes & desgysynges of clothyng of long large and wyde clothes desytute & desert from all old honeste & good vsage and another tyme short slothes & streyte wasted dagged and kyt & on eu(er)y syde slateryd and botenyd wyht slevys and tapetes of Surcotes & hodes ou(er)long and ou(er)mych hangy(~)g þ(t) if J sothe shall sey they were more liche to turmenturs and deules in her clothyng and schyng and o þ(er) aray than to men. / And the women more nysly ȝet passed the men in aray & curious loker for they were so streyt clothed þ(t) they lete hange fox taylles so wyde be nethe with in her clo- thes for to hele and hyde her arses the wiche vysgysynges and pryde auenture afterward broght forth and encaused many myshappes & myscheues in the reume of England // The xx ȝeer of kyng Edeward he went ou(er)e in to Brytayne and gasgoyn in woos cu(~)pany went the Erle of Warrewyk the Erle of Suffolk the Erle Huntyntou(~) and the Erle of Arundell and meny other lordes and co(~)e(~) peple in a grete multitude with a grete navee of CC & xl shippes a non after myssomer for to avenge hym of many wronges & harmes to hym done by Philip(p) of Valeys kyng of Fraunce aȝens the treus byfor hand graunted the wich trews he falsly and vntrewly by cauellacions losed and disqwat. / How kyng Edeward say led into Normandye and aryved att hogges wyth a grete oost Capitulo CC XX vij(o). N the xxj ȝeer of hys rengne kyng Edeward thurght
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
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:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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.
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:
1345
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Edward III
