COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0927150dc
Reference Number:
English MS 1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Achilles takes to the battlefield
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:
126v
Image Sequence Number:
126v
Description:
Siege of Troy. Book four: Achilles is overcome by anger and charges the Trojans, killing many. Troilus and Achilles ride at one other, each unhorsing the other. In the collision Troilus is slightly wounded and Achilles is wounded badly. The Greeks and Trojans continue to fight for six days. Priam reproaches Hecuba for trusting that Achilles truly loved Polyxena; it is clear that he does not, as he has soon forgotten her and returned to battle the Trojans. 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:
Trojan War
Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
Subject:
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject:
English literature
Subject:
Literature, Medieval
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:
Turkey: Marmara: Çanakkale: Troy
People Covered:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
People Covered:
Achilles (Greek mythology)
People Covered:
Troilus (Legendary character)
People Covered:
Hecuba (Legendary character)
People Covered:
Polyxena (Greek mythology)
People Covered:
Priam (Greek mythology)
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:
1290
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Achilles takes to the battlefield
