Detail View: Medieval Collection: Merlin's predictions
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Image Number:
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JRL0926684dc
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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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Merlin's predictions
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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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36v
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Image Sequence Number:
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036v
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Description:
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Merlin describes the future reigns of English monarchs through tales of animal allegory, depicting a lamb and a dragon; the rubricated chapter heading is on the preceding page. Pen-flourished initials introduce each prophesy. 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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Arthurian romances
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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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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Time Period Covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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Arthur, King
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People Covered:
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Merlin (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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390
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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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