Detail View: Medieval Collection: Achilles takes to the battlefield
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Image Number:
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JRL0927150dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 1
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Achilles takes to the battlefield
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Parent Work Title:
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Siege of Troy
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Sege of Troy
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Creator:
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Display Creator:
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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Date Created:
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15th century [mid]
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Page:
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126v
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Image Sequence Number:
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126v
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Troy (Extinct city)--History
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Subject:
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Mythology, Greek--Poetry
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Subject:
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Trojan War
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Subject:
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Poetry, Medieval
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Subject:
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Mythology, Greek, in literature
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Subject:
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Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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English literature
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Subject:
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Literature, Medieval
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Subject:
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English literature--Manuscripts
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1500 - 750 BCE
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Places Covered:
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Turkey: Marmara: Çanakkale: Troy
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People Covered:
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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People Covered:
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Achilles (Greek mythology)
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People Covered:
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Troilus (Legendary character)
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People Covered:
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Hecuba (Legendary character)
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People Covered:
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Polyxena (Greek mythology)
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People Covered:
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Priam (Greek mythology)
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Item Height:
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451 mm
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Item Width:
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326 mm
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Current Repository:
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John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Perkins, Henry
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Provenance:
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Dent, John
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Provenance:
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Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
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Provenance:
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Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
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Provenance:
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Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
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Provenance:
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Carent family
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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
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References:
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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.)
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.
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Notes:
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Purchased by Lord Crawford from London bookseller Bernard Quaritch.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-06
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Multi Page Number:
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1290
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-09
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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