Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Stephen and Henry

Image Number: 
JRL0926382dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 104
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
King Stephen and Henry
Parent Work Title: 
Tomlynson Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created: 
15th century
Page: 
22v
Image Sequence Number: 
022v
Description: 
The story of Stephen and his battle with Henry, the son of Maud and the Duke of Normandy; and how it was arranged that Henry would become King after Stephen's death. The script is mainly secretary and there is an image in the margin. Folio ends 'Englande': the end of the chapter is missing.
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: 
Drawing
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Time Period Covered: 
1000 - 1200 CE
Places Covered: 
England
People Covered: 
Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189
People Covered: 
Stephen, King of England, 1097?-1154
Item Height: 
262 mm
Item Width: 
192 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Tomlynson, Robert
Provenance: 
Tomlynson, Thomas
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
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), pp. 417-18. 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 £16. 4s. on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-07-24
Multi Page Number: 
250
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2010-11
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB