COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
mediaCollectionId
Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL040168dc
image_number
JRL040168dc
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
French MS 1
reference_number
French MS 1
Reference Number
false
Image Title:
Lancelot asleep in a forest
title
Lancelot asleep in a forest
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
La Mort al Roi Artus
title_larger_entity
La Mort al Roi Artus
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Lancelot du Lac
title_l_e_variant
Lancelot du Lac
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Morte D'Arthur
title_l_e_variant
Morte D'Arthur
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Translated Parent Work Title:
Death of King Arthur
title_l_e_translation
Death of King Arthur
Translated Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
c1300
date_created
c1300
Date Created
false
Volume:
2
volume
2
Volume
false
Page/Sheet:
223v
page
223v
Page/Sheet
false
Image Sequence Number:
223v
image_sequence_number
223v
Image Sequence Number
false
Description:
Decorated initial 'E'. Illuminated miniature: Lancelot asleep in a forest; a stag, chased by Arthur's huntsman, drinks at a stream.
description
Decorated initial 'E'. Illuminated miniature: Lancelot asleep in a forest; a stag, chased by Arthur's huntsman, drinks at a stream.
Description
false
Language Code:
fro-fr
language
fro-fr
Language Code
false
Subject:
French literature
subject
French literature
Subject
false
Subject:
Arthurian romances
subject
Arthurian romances
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
class
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
class
Miniatures (paintings)
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
technique
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Gold leaf
medium
Gold leaf
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
support
Vellum
Support
false
Creation Site:
France
location_creation_site
France
Creation Site
false
Style Period:
French medieval
style_period
French medieval
Style Period
false
Time Period Covered:
1 BCE - 500 CE
temporal_coverage
1 BCE - 500 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Item Height:
398mm
item_height
398mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
283mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
former_repository
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
References:
Sommer, H. Oskar, 'Vulgate Version of Arthurian Romances' (Washington: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1913), Vol.6, pp.248-250.
references
Sommer, H. Oskar, 'Vulgate Version of Arthurian Romances' (Washington: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1913), Vol.6, pp.248-250.
References
false
Bibliographic Citation:
Vulgate Version of the Arthurian Romances: La Mort al Roi Artus
bibliographic_citation
Vulgate Version of the Arthurian Romances: La Mort al Roi Artus
Bibliographic Citation
false
Notes:
Volumes 1 and 2 of French MS 1 form the second part of a complete Grail Romance. The first part of the full manuscript is held by the Biblioteca Philosophica Hermetica, Amsterdam.
notes
Volumes 1 and 2 of French MS 1 form the second part of a complete Grail Romance. The first part of the full manuscript is held by the Biblioteca Philosophica Hermetica, Amsterdam.
Notes
false
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture, January 2003
Metadata Language:
eng-GB