Detail View: Medieval Collection: Guentolen's revenge
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Image Number:
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JRL0906422dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 206
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Guentolen's revenge
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1326 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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9r
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Image Sequence Number:
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009r
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Description:
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The story of how King Lotryn marries Guentolen, the daughter of Coryn, but after her father's death Lotryn abandons Guentolen and makes Estrilde his Queen. Guentolen raises an army against Lotryn and he is slain in battle. Estrilde and her child are drowned and Queen Guentolen rules Britain. Thick black rubrication introduces the reign of her son King Madhan. The written space is c.197 x 118 mm in a good secretary hand which is the same throughout.
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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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Chronicles of England
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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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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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263 mm
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Item Width:
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192 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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Parker Coke, Daniel, Fellow of All Souls, Oxford.
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Provenance:
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Fann van moter, Will
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Provenance:
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Campinet, William, of Kilworty (?) Yorks
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Provenance:
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Provenance:
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Peell, John, of Stokes, Notts
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Provenance:
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Kyechyner, William
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Provenance:
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Banister, Mergret
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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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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. 421-22. 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.36.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-02-03
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Multi Page Number:
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115
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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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