COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0905870dc
Reference Number:
English MS 207
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Invasion of France
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th-15th century
Page:
105r
Image Sequence Number:
105r
Description:
The story of Edward III's invasion of France, the surrender of Calais and of the plague, the Black Death that swept Europe. There is some red rubrication and an initial 'A' in red ink. The script is a mixture of anglicana and secretary.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
France--History--14th century
Subject:
Plague
Subject:
Black Death
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
France: Pas-de-Calais: Calais
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377
Item Height:
274 mm
Item Width:
203 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Bibliotheca Paleriana
Provenance:
Dycconson, Thomas
Provenance:
Wollsall, Willyam
Provenance:
Heaton, Thomas, of Knowisley
Provenance:
Aston, Williyam
Provenance:
Quantock, John
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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. 422-23. 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.37.
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)
Notes:
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.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
27/11/2008
Multi Page Number:
1085
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Invasion of France
