Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Leir turns to Cordeill
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Image Number:
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JRL0926631dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 105
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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King Leir turns to Cordeill
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1413 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
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16th century [1518?]
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Page:
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10r
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Image Sequence Number:
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010r
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Description:
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The story of how Leir (Lear), driven out of his kingdom by Gonerille (Goneril) and Rigan (Regan), turns to his third daughter Cordeill (Cordelia) for help. The written space is 175 x 135 mm in several secretary hands throughout the manuscript.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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Lear, King (Legendary character)
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Item Height:
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279 mm
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Item Width:
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206 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Hobbes, Ricardus
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Provenance:
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Pawlyn, Thomas, 'surgion in civitate London'.
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Provenance:
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Wynnard, Hugo
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Provenance:
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Hought, Thomas
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Provenance:
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872.
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Provenance:
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Stevinson, Nicholaus
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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. 418. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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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)
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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers Bull & Auvache for £21.00 on 19 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-15
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Multi Page Number:
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125
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-08
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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