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Detailed record for Egerton 3028
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| Author |
Wace |
| Title |
Roman de Brut, a verse epitome (begins imperfectly) with continuation to Edward III; La Destruction de Rome; Fierabras |
| Origin |
England |
| Date |
2nd quarter of the 14th century |
| Language |
French (Anglo-Norman) |
| Script |
Gothic cursive |
| Decoration |
2 full-page miniatures, accompanied by large decorated initials with partial foliate borders on the facing page, in colours (ff. 63v, 83v). Numerous coloured pen-drawings (on recto of each leaf from ff. 1-63, 64v, on recto of each leaf from ff. 66-83, 84v, on recto of each leaf from ff. 86-118). Small initials in plain red. |
| Dimensions in mm |
200 x 120 (150 x 85) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 118 (+ 3 paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Gold-tooled brown leather; gilt edges. |
| Provenance |
Narcissus Luttrell (d. 1732), annalist, by 1693: his monogram and date (f. 1v).
Bought by the British Museum from W. C. Pendarves, 10 July 1920 (note on 2nd flyleaf), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). |
| Notes |
The first quire misbound; the right order being ff. 2, 8, 3-7, 1, 9.
One of the first images of Stonehenge.
f. 1-56 Condensed version of Roman de Brut, begins (f.2) at line 4883 of the full version (Weiss' edition, 2002, p. 124)
f. 56-63 Continuation from Egbert to Edward III |
| Select bibliography |
British Museum Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts 1916-1920 (London: British Museum, 1933), no. Eg. 3028.
A Guide to the Exhibition of Some Part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1929), no. 111.
Suzanne Lewis, The Art of Matthew Paris in the 'Chronica Majora' (Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1987), no. 100, p. 485.
Ruth Dean and Maureen Bolton, Anglo-Norman Literature, A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts (London: Anglo-Norman Text Society, 1999), nos. 50, 82.1, 82.2.
Judith Weiss, Wace's Roman de Brut, A History of the British: Text and Translation, Revised Edition, Exeter Medieval English Texts and Studies (Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2002).
Christopher Chippendale, Stonehenge Complete (London: Thames and Hudson, 2004), p. 23.
Timothy Darville, Stonehenge: The Biography of a Landscape (Stroud: Tempus, 2006).
Jean Blacker, 'Courtly Revision of Wace's Roman de Brut in British Library Egerton MS 3028' in Courtly Arts and the Art of Courtliness, ed. by Keith Busby and Christopher Kleinhenz (Cambridge: Brewer, 2006), pp. 237-258.
Christian Heck, 'Histoire Mythique et Archéologie au Quinzième Siècle: Une Représentation Inédite de Stonehenge', in Tributes in Honor of James Marrow: Studies in Painting and Manuscript Illumination of the Late Middle Ages and Northern Renaissance, ed. by J.F. Hamburger and A.S. Korteweg (London: Harvey Miller, 2006), pp. 253-60.
Making History: Antiquaries in Britain, 1707-2007 (London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2007), no. 155, p. 232 [exhibition catalogue].
La Légende du roi Arthur, ed. by Thierry Delcourt (Paris: Bibiothèque nationale de France, 2009), pl. on p. 14, p. 89 [exhibition catalogue]. |
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f. 1
Maurice and Maximilan |
f. 2
Nativity |
f. 3
Claudius and Arviragus |
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f. 4
Pope Eleutherius |
f. 6
Constantine |
f. 7
Trahern and king of Norway |
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f. 8
Arviragus |
f. 9
Conan |
f. 10
11,000 virgins |
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f. 12
Romans |
f. 13
Guincelins and Aldrogen |
f. 14
King Constantius |
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f. 15
Detail |
f. 15
Vortigern and Constans |
f. 16
King Constans |
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f. 17
Vortigern |
f. 18
Hengist |
f. 19
Hengist |
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f. 20
Rowona and Vortigern |
f. 21
Saxons sail away |
f. 22
Massacre |
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f. 23
Vortigern |
f. 24
Merlin |
f. 25
Dragons |
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f. 26
Bretons |
f. 27
Hengist |
f. 28
Octa |
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f. 29
Merlin |
f. 30
Stonehenge |
f. 30
Stonehenge |
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f. 31
Irish troops |
f. 32
Appas |
f. 33
Merlin and Uther |
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f. 34
Tower of London |
f. 35
King Uther |
f. 37
Coronation of Arthur |
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f. 38
Gillarmorus and Arthur |
f. 39
Arthur |
f. 40
Frolles |
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f. 41
Arthur |
f. 49
Drawing of king Arthur finding a giant roasting a pig. |
f. 53
Arthur's death |
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f. 56
Deaths from pestilence |
f. 57
Death of Athelstan |
f. 59
Shrine of Edward the Confessor |
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f. 60
Drawing of the coronation of Henry I. |
f. 61
king John is brought to Winchester for burial |
f. 63
tomb of Edward I |
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f. 63v
Fierenbras |
f. 64
Decorated initial 'S'. |
f. 64v
Laban and 3 kings offer birds to Tormagant and Appollyon. |
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f. 66
Laban and Espiard |
f. 67
Laban's ship and pavillion |
f. 68
The Pope appealed to for help |
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f. 69
Savaris slays a Saracen |
f. 70
Lucafer and Laban |
f. 71
Fierenbras presents Mabon to Laban |
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f. 72
Drawing of a naval assault on Rome repelled. |
f. 73
Drawing of Savaris slaying a Saracen. |
f. 74
The giant Estragot slays Savaris |
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f. 75
Estragot crushed by the portcullis |
f. 76
Fight of Fiernebras and Huberd |
f. 77
The pope lands his army |
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f. 78
Laban sends Lucafer to Rome |
f. 79
Drawing of Isorez bringing the keys of Rome to Laban's tent. |
f. 80
Fierenbras takes the relics from the altar at St Peter's. |
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f. 81
Laban and Floripas aboard ship, the Cross on the stern |
f. 82
Charlemagne arrives at the burning city of Rome. |
f. 83
Battle of Charlemagne and Fierenbras |
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f. 83v
Charlemagne |
f. 84
Decorated initial |
f. 84v
Fierenbras before Charlemagne's tent |
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f. 86
Drawing of Oliver finding Fierenbras resting, his horse ... |
f. 87
Oliver and Fierenbras fight on horseback. |
f. 88
Fight of Oliver and Fierenbras continued on foot. |
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f. 89
Charlemagne kneels before the altar. |
f. 90
Oliver wounds Fierenbras |
f. 91
Drawing of Oliver fighting with Saracens. |
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f. 92
Charlemagne finds Fierenbras lying under a holm tree. |
f. 93
Roland and Oliver brought as prisoners before Laban. |
f. 94
Floripas listens outside of the prison. |
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f. 95
Floripas explains to Laban the death of Brutaman. |
f. 96
Charlemagne, in his tent, gives orders to Guy of Burgundy. |
f. 97
Charlemagne's knights |
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f. 98
Charlemagne's knights defeat the Saracens |
f. 99
Castle |
f. 100
Lucifer |
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f. 101
Lucifer |
f. 102
Drawing of Laban besieging the castle. |
f. 103
Drawing of the giant Agelafre holding the drawbridge. |
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f. 104
Drawing of Laban sending Maupin to steal the girdle. |
f. 105
Drawing of the sally of Oliver and the peers. |
f. 106
Trebuchet |
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f. 107
Guy |
f. 108
Richard of Normandy |
f. 109
Throwing plate |
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f. 110
Gonnelun |
f. 111
Charlemagne |
f. 112
Agolafre |
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f. 113
Charlemagne |
f. 114
Fierenbras |
f. 115
Charlemagne and Richard |
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f. 116
Battle |
f. 117
Turpin |
f. 118
Charlemagne sailing home |
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