COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926813dc
Reference Number:
English MS 105
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Edward III
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1413 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
16th century [1518?]
Page:
101r
Image Sequence Number:
101r
Description:
The prophecies of Merlin about Edward II. Edward III is crowned King of England after Edward II's forced abdication and goes to Stanhope to meet the Scots. Rubrication in red ink and pen-flourished initials introduce the stories. The written space is 175 x 135 mm in several secretary hands throughout the manuscript.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Scotland--History--1057-1603
Subject:
Arthurian romances
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England: Durham: Stanhope
People Covered:
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377
People Covered:
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327
People Covered:
Merlin (Legendary character)
Item Height:
279 mm
Item Width:
206 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Hobbes, Ricardus
Provenance:
Pawlyn, Thomas, 'surgion in civitate London'.
Provenance:
Wynnard, Hugo
Provenance:
Hought, Thomas
Provenance:
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872.
Provenance:
Stevinson, Nicholaus
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. 418. 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 Bull & Auvache for £21.00 on 19 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-15
Multi Page Number:
1035
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Edward III
