COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0905898dc
Reference Number:
English MS 207
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Richard II and the future of the English throne
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th-15th century
Page:
118r
Image Sequence Number:
118r
Description:
The story of how Richard II exiled his enemies including the Earl of Arundel and, eventually, Henry Bolingbroke, the Duke of Hereford and Thomas de Mowbray, the Duke of Norfolk. Henry Bolingbroke was the son of John of Gaunt, brother of Edward III, and a likely candidate to succeed the childless Richard after the death of his father. 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:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
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:
England
People Covered:
Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400
People Covered:
Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413
People Covered:
John, of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 1340-1399
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:
1225
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Richard II and the future of the English throne
