Detail View: Medieval Collection: Telephus crowned King of Messina

Image Number: 
JRL0927040dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 1
Previous Accession Number: 
Crawford MS 1
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Telephus crowned King of Messina
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: 
71v
Image Sequence Number: 
071v
Description: 
Siege of Troy. Book two: King Teuthras explains that he is dying without an heir to the kingdom which Hecules (Heracles) helped him win. As Telephus is the son of Hercules, King Teuthras names Telephus as his heir. Telephus is crowned King and Achilles sets sail after obtaining provisions for the Greeks. 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: 
Trojan War
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
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: 
Italy: Sicily: Messina
People Covered: 
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
People Covered: 
Achilles (Greek mythology)
People Covered: 
Telephus (Greek mythology)
People Covered: 
Hercules (Roman mythology)
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: 
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: 
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: 
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: 
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: 
740
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2009-09
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB