Detail View: Medieval Collection: Mandeville's Travels
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Image Number:
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Chethams_A.4.107_009
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Reference Number:
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Chetham's MS Mun.A.4.107
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Image Title:
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Mandeville's Travels
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Parent Work Title:
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Mandeville's Travels
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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The book of John Mandeville, Knight
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Creator:
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Mandeville, John, Sir
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Display Creator:
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Mandeville, John, Sir
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Date Created:
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15th century [early]
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Page:
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2r
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Image Sequence Number:
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002r
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Description:
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English translation of Mandeville's travels. The signature 'Gerard legh' appears at the top of the folio. Written in two columns, 30 lines. Four line and three line initials, in red. Written by one hand in anglicana formata.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Geography, Medieval
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Subject:
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Autographs
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Subject:
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Travel, Medieval
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Subject:
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Voyages and travels
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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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Creation Site:
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England
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Item Height:
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193 mm
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Item Width:
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136 mm
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Current Repository:
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Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK.
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Provenance:
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Wighton, Edmund, approximately 1484
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Provenance:
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Legh, Gerard, fl. late 16th century
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Rights Holder - Image:
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Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK
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Rights holder - Work:
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Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK
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References:
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Halliwell, J.O., 'An Account of the European Manuscripts in the Chetham Library, Manchester' (Manchester 1842), 10.
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References:
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'The Index of Middle English prose Handlist II: A Handlist of Manuscripts containing Middle English Prose in the John Rylands University Library Manchester and Chetham's Library, Manchester', ed. G.A. Lester (Cambridge, 1985), 83.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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'The Defective Version of Mandeville's Travels', ed. M.C. Seymour, (Early English Text Society, 319, 2002), subgroup 4, p.193 (MS no.23)
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Seymour, M.C., 'The English Manuscripts of Mandeville's Travels', Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Transactions, 4 (1966), 169-210.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Ker, N.R., 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, vol. III Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford, 1983), 347.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-12-01
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Multi Page Number:
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45
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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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2010-01
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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