Detail View: Medieval Collection: Polyxena is to be sacrificed
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Image Number:
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JRL0927200dc
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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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Polyxena is to be sacrificed
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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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149v
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Image Sequence Number:
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149v
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Description:
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Siege of Troy. Book four: Anthenor finds Polyxena and takes her to the Greeks. Many of the Greeks weep for her and pity her but regardless of this she is dragged to the grave of Achilles. Polyxena begins to pray to the gods begging them for mercy, citing her chastity and innocence. Illustrated bas-de-page detail: Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus) murders Polyxena at the grave of Achilles and the death of Hecuba. There is a floriated, illuminated full border and an illuminated initial 'O' in the text. The illustration has been identified as being painted by an artist stylistically close to William Abell, an important mid-fifteenth English illuminator. 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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Mythology, Greek--Poetry
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Subject:
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Troy (Extinct city)--History
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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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Trojan War
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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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Sub-Category:
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Miniatures (paintings)
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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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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Neoptolemus (Greek mythology)
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People Covered:
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Achilles (Greek mythology)
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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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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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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Provenance:
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Perkins, Henry
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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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1520
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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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