COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926930dc
Reference Number:
English MS 1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Jason promises to be true to Medea
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:
16v
Image Sequence Number:
016v
Description:
Siege of Troy. Book one: Jason thanks Medea for her offer of help and swears to be true to her until death. Medea then tries to persuade Jason not to attempt to retrieve the golden fleece after all, but Jason is commited to his quest, saying it would be cowardice if he did not proceed. Illustrated detail in margin: Jason and Medea in conversation. There is a floriated, illuminated full border and three illuminated initials in the text. The illustration has been identified as being painted by an artist stylistically close to William Abell, an important mid-fifteenth English illuminator. 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
Subject:
English literature--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
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:
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:
190
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Jason promises to be true to Medea
