Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 113
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- Latin MS 113
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- Language
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- Latin
- Title
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- Cronicae Regum angliae a Noё usque ad annum 1484
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- Preferred form
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- James Ludovic Lindsay (comte de Crawford, 1847-1913)
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- Former owner
- Original form
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- James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847-1913
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- Lindsay, James Ludovic, Earl (1847-1913)
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic (1847-1913)
- James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, 1847-1913
- Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford 1847-1913
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- James Ludovic Lindsay 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford of Haigh Hall
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- Description
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- Extent:
Scroll height: 6248 mm, width: 356 mm.
Decoration:
The roll is ornamented with a series of medallions illustrating the pedigree. This pedigree runs in a broad red line down the centre, and only towards the end are there smaller medallions attached to it containing the names, and short notices, of members of the royal family who did not occupy the throne. They uniformly represent a king (or queen) throned, full-face, with sceptre, and a landscape behind him. A red band, with gold lettering, runs behind the canopy of the throne; it bears the name of the king or queen. In a few cases the medallion is smaller and contains only a crown, on uncoloured ground, with the king's name on a red band above. The colours of the pictures are good; there is a good deal of fluid gold used. All the kings, except Edmund Ironside, are beardless. The medallions are as follows-from the top: 1. Rex Brutus. 2. Rex Aluredus. 3. Rex Edwardus. 4. Rex Adelstan. S. Rex Tdmundus (Edm.) 6. Rex Eldredus. 7. Rex Edwynius. 8. Rex Edgarius. 9. Rex Edwardus (martyr). 10. Rex Etheldredus. 11. Rex Edwardus (Edmund Ironside). 12. Rex Cuntonius (Cnut). 13. Rex Haro(l)dus. 14. Rex Hardecnutus. IS. Rex Sci. Edwardus (nimbed). 16. dux Heraldus. 17. Rex Willelmi 18. Rex Willelmi 19. Rex Henricus. 20. Rex Stephanus. 21. Rex Henricus. 22. Rex Ricardus. 23. Rex Iohannes. 24. Rex Henricus tercius. 25. Rex Edwardus. 26. Rex Edwardus 2. A medallion of his queen cut out. 27. Rex T. Edwardus 3. 28. Rex Philippa Regina. Medallion referring to Richard II cut out. 29. Rex Henricus 4 (crown only). 30. Rex Henricus 5 (crown only). 31. Rex Henricus 6 (crown only). 32. Rex Edwardus 4 (picture). 33. Rex Elizabeth Regina. 34. Rex Ricardus 3. 35. Rex Henricus (crown only). The text ends with a series of circles containing notices of the children of Edward IV. Preparations were seemingly made for carrying on the genealogy.
Acquisition:
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford. Bequeathed by Rylands to the John Rylands Library in 1908.
Script:
Written in Gothic script
Data Source(s):
Description based on M.R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester (Manchester, 1921), reprinted with an introduction and additional notes and corrections by F. Taylor (München, 1980), revised and expanded by Joanne Edge.
Subject(s):
Genealogy; Monarchy--Great Britain
Abstract:
Chronicle roll from the time of Noah to 1484, produced in the late fifteenth century, perhaps at Rouen.
Format:
Roll
Material:
Parchment.
Provenance:
Lot 128 in the Ashburnham 'Appendix' Sale of 1st May 1899, where it was bought by James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford for £6 (CLI, 1899-1900, no. 427).
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