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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0927223dc
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JRL0927223dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 1
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English MS 1
Reference Number
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Previous Accession Number:
Crawford MS 1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Orestes kills his mother
image_title
Orestes kills his mother
Image Title
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Parent Work Title:
Siege of Troy
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Siege of Troy
Parent Work Title
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Sege of Troy
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Sege of Troy
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Creator:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
creator
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Creator
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Creator Role:
Author
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Author
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Display Creator:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Display Creator
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Date Created:
15th century [mid]
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15th century [mid]
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Page:
161r
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161r
Page
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Image Sequence Number:
161r
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161r
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Description:
Siege of Troy. Book five: the next day Orestes kills his mother Clytemnestra by cutting her into pieces and feeds her body to the dogs. Egisthus (Aegisthus) and all the other traitors are hanged. Menelaus and Helen return to Crete. Menelaus hears of the murder of Clytemnestra and wishes to dethrone Orestes. Menelaus sails to Nestor to state his case. Illustrated bas-de-page detail: Nestor and Menelaus, and also Menelaus at the marriage of Orestes to Hermione. Erigona is pictured hanged in a tree. There is a floriated, illuminated full border and an illuminated initial 'A' 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.
description
Siege of Troy. Book five: the next day Orestes kills his mother Clytemnestra by cutting her into pieces and feeds her body to the dogs. Egisthus (Aegisthus) and all the other traitors are hanged. Menelaus and Helen return to Crete. Menelaus hears of the murder of Clytemnestra and wishes to dethrone Orestes. Menelaus sails to Nestor to state his case. Illustrated bas-de-page detail: Nestor and Menelaus, and also Menelaus at the marriage of Orestes to Hermione. Erigona is pictured hanged in a tree. There is a floriated, illuminated full border and an illuminated initial 'A' 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:
enm-GB
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enm-GB
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Subject:
Mythology, Greek--Poetry
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Mythology, Greek--Poetry
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Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
subject
Poetry, Medieval
Subject
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Subject:
Mythology, Greek, in literature
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Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject
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Subject:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
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Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject
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Subject:
Literature, Medieval
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Literature, Medieval
Subject
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Subject:
English literature
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English literature
Subject
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Subject:
English literature--Manuscripts
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English literature--Manuscripts
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
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Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
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Miniatures (paintings)
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false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
Technique Used
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Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
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Illumination (image-making process)
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false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
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Vellum
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
1500 - 750 BCE
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1500 - 750 BCE
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false
Places Covered:
Greece: Crete
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Greece: Crete
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false
People Covered:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Helen of Troy (Greek mythology)
people_covered
Helen of Troy (Greek mythology)
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Menelaus (Greek mythology)
people_covered
Menelaus (Greek mythology)
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Nestor (Greek mythology)
people_covered
Nestor (Greek mythology)
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Aegisthus (Greek mythology)
people_covered
Aegisthus (Greek mythology)
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Orestes (Greek mythology)
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Orestes (Greek mythology)
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Clytemnestra (Greek mythology)
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Clytemnestra (Greek mythology)
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Hermione (Greek mythology)
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Hermione (Greek mythology)
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false
Item Height:
451 mm
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451 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
326 mm
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326 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
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John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Current Repository
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Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
provenance
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Dent, John
provenance
Dent, John
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Perkins, Henry
provenance
Perkins, Henry
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
provenance
Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
provenance
Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
provenance
Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Carent family
provenance
Carent family
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
access_rights
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a>
Access Rights
false
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
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
false
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
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
false
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.
References
false
Notes:
Purchased by Lord Crawford from London bookseller Bernard Quaritch.
notes
Purchased by Lord Crawford from London bookseller Bernard Quaritch.
Notes
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-06
Multi Page Number:
1635
multi_page_number
1635
Multi Page Number
false
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB