Detail View: Medieval Collection: Medea's love for Jason

Image Number: 
JRL0926927dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 1
Previous Accession Number: 
Crawford MS 1
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Medea's love for Jason
Parent Work Title: 
Siege of Troy
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Sege of Troy
Creator: 
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Creator Role: 
Author
Display Creator: 
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Date Created: 
15th century [mid]
Page: 
15r
Image Sequence Number: 
015r
Description: 
Siege of Troy. Book one: Lydgate defends women, calling them perfect. Lydgate says if women are fickle in love they have learned this from men. Medea returns to her room after the feast and is in a state of conflict about her strong feelings for Jason. The written space is 305 x 200 mm, 2 columns and 44 lines and the script is anglicana formata by two hands.
Language Code: 
enm-GB
Subject: 
Medea (Greek mythology)
Subject: 
Jason (Greek mythology)
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek--Poetry
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject: 
Poetry, Medieval
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject: 
English literature--Manuscripts
Subject: 
English literature
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Time Period Covered: 
1500 - 750 BCE
Places Covered: 
Georgia: Colchis
People Covered: 
Jason (Greek mythology)
People Covered: 
Medea (Greek mythology)
People Covered: 
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Item Height: 
451 mm
Item Width: 
326 mm
Current Repository: 
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Provenance: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance: 
Dent, John
Provenance: 
Perkins, Henry
Provenance: 
Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
Provenance: 
Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
Provenance: 
Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
Provenance: 
Carent family
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
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. 338-9. By kind permission of Oxford University Press
References: 
Bergen, Henry, 'Lydgate's Troy book. A.D. 1412-20 edited from the best manuscripts, with introduction, notes, and glossary.' (London: Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1906-35.)
References: 
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.
Notes: 
Purchased by Lord Crawford from London bookseller Bernard Quaritch.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-07-06
Multi Page Number: 
175
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2009-09
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB