Detail View: Rylands Collection: Lancelot asleep in a forest
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Image Number:
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JRL040168dc
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Reference Number:
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French MS 1
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Image Title:
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Lancelot asleep in a forest
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Parent Work Title:
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La Mort al Roi Artus
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Lancelot du Lac
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Morte D'Arthur
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Death of King Arthur
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Date Created:
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c1300
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Volume:
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2
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Page/Sheet:
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223v
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Image Sequence Number:
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223v
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Description:
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Decorated initial 'E'. Illuminated miniature: Lancelot asleep in a forest; a stag, chased by Arthur's huntsman, drinks at a stream.
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Language Code:
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fro-fr
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Subject:
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French literature
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Subject:
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Arthurian romances
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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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Illumination (image-making process)
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Medium:
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Gold leaf
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Support:
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Vellum
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Creation Site:
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France
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Style Period:
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French medieval
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Time Period Covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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Item Height:
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398mm
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Item Width:
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283mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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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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References:
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Sommer, H. Oskar, 'Vulgate Version of Arthurian Romances' (Washington: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1913), Vol.6, pp.248-250.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Vulgate Version of the Arthurian Romances: La Mort al Roi Artus
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Notes:
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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.
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture, January 2003
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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