COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926951dc
Reference Number:
English MS 1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Greeks take Troy
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:
27r
Image Sequence Number:
027r
Description:
Siege of Troy. Book one: Castor is wounded in battle and rescued by his brother Pollux. King Laomedon and his Trojans manage to drive the Greek forces back but then realise that the city of Troy (which lies behind them) has been taken by the Greeks, who are advancing on them from the rear led by the mighty Hercules (Heracles). There is an illuminated initial 'A' 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:
Trojan War
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:
Hercules (Roman mythology)
People Covered:
Laomedon (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:
Perkins, Henry
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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:
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:
295
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Greeks take Troy
