Detail View: Medieval Collection: Helen leaves with Paris

Image Number: 
JRL0926998dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 1
Previous Accession Number: 
Crawford MS 1
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Helen leaves with Paris
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: 
50v
Image Sequence Number: 
050v
Description: 
Siege of Troy. Book two: During the night the Trojans steal all the treasure from the temple of Venus, killing any who oppose them. Meanwhile, Paris meets with Helen and takes her back to his ship. Paris and the rest of the Trojans return to the temple and are spotted by Greek soldiers from a nearby castle. A fierce fight follows and the Trojans manage to drive the Greeks back to their castle and sail away for Troy. 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: 
Mythology, Greek--Poetry
Subject: 
Poetry, Medieval
Subject: 
Trojan War
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval
Subject: 
English literature
Subject: 
English literature--Manuscripts
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Time Period Covered: 
1500 - 750 BCE
Places Covered: 
Greece: Central Greece and Euboea: Attica: Cerigo
People Covered: 
Helen of Troy (Greek mythology)
People Covered: 
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
People Covered: 
Paris (Legendary character)
People Covered: 
Venus (Roman deity)
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: 
530
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2009-09
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB