Detail View: Medieval Collection: Greeks plan their attack

Image Number: 
JRL0926948dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 1
Previous Accession Number: 
Crawford MS 1
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Greeks plan their attack
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: 
25v
Image Sequence Number: 
025v
Description: 
Siege of Troy. Book one: The Greeks land at Troy and pitch their tents. King Peleus (Pelias?) and Hercules (Heracles) plan their attack on Troy. There will be two forces, one directed by King Peleus and the other by King Telamon. An illuminated initial 'A' appears in the text. 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: 
Troy (Extinct city)--History
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek--Poetry
Subject: 
Poetry, Medieval
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval
Subject: 
English literature--Manuscripts
Subject: 
English literature
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Time Period Covered: 
1500 - 750 BCE
Places Covered: 
Turkey: Marmara: Çanakkale: Troy
People Covered: 
Peleus (Greek mythology)
People Covered: 
Hercules (Roman 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: 
Perkins, Henry
Provenance: 
Dent, John
Provenance: 
Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
Provenance: 
Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
Provenance: 
Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
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: 
280
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2009-09
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB