Image Number:
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JRL0927236dc
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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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King Menon
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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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167v
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Image Sequence Number:
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167v
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Description:
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Siege of Troy. Book five: after Orestes has killed Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus) he takes Hermione home. Thessaly is left without a king as Achilleidos the son of Pyrrhus is too young to rule. When Achilleidos does come of age he resigns the crown to Hector's son, his half brother. Next begins the story of King Menon and his dead Queen. 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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English literature--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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Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Mythology, Greek, in literature
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Subject:
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Mythology, Greek--Poetry
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Subject:
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Poetry, Medieval
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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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Greece: Thessaly
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People Covered:
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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People Covered:
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Hector (Legendary character)
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People Covered:
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Orestes (Greek mythology)
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People Covered:
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Neoptolemus (Greek mythology)
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People Covered:
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Hermione (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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Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
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Provenance:
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Dent, John
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Provenance:
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Carent family
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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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Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
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Provenance:
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Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
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Provenance:
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Perkins, Henry
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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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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.
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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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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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1700
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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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