Detail View: Medieval Collection: Merlin's predictions
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Image Number:
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JRL0905700dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 207
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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 (1415 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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14th-15th century
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Page:
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20r
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Image Sequence Number:
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020r
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Description:
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Merlin describes the future reigns of English monarchs through tales of animal allegory. There is an ink annotation of the name Thomas Heaton of Knowsley written down the edge of the page. The script is a mixture of anglicana and secretary.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Autographs
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Subject:
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Arthurian romances
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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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Creation Site:
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England
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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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Merlin (Legendary character)
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Item Height:
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274 mm
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Item Width:
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203 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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Bibliotheca Paleriana
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Provenance:
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Provenance:
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Dycconson, Thomas
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Provenance:
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Wollsall, Willyam
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Provenance:
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Heaton, Thomas, of Knowisley
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Provenance:
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Aston, Williyam
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Provenance:
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Quantock, John
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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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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.37.
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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), pp. 422-23. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
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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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Notes:
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Two incomplete manuscripts of the 'Brut Chronicle', the first on vellum, the second on paper, put together in or before 1749 to make a nearly complete Brut to 1415 (Ker). The manuscript supplies additional detail to the texts published by Caxton and F.W.D. Brie.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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27/11/2008
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Multi Page Number:
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235
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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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2009-04
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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