COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Chethams_A.4.107_028
Reference Number:
Chetham's MS Mun.A.4.107
Image Title:
Mandeville's Travels
Parent Work Title:
Mandeville's Travels
Alternative Parent Work Title:
The book of John Mandeville, Knight
Creator:
Mandeville, John, Sir
Creator Role:
Author
Display Creator:
Mandeville, John, Sir
Date Created:
15th century [early]
Page:
11v
Image Sequence Number:
011v
Description:
English translation of Mandeville's travels. Written in two columns, 30 lines. Four line and three line initials, in red. Written by one hand in anglicana formata.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Geography, Medieval
Subject:
Voyages and travels
Subject:
Travel, Medieval
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
England
Item Height:
193 mm
Item Width:
136 mm
Current Repository:
Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK.
Provenance:
Wighton, Edmund, approximately 1484
Provenance:
Legh, Gerard, fl. late 16th century
Rights Holder - Image:
Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK
Rights holder - Work:
Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK
References:
Halliwell, J.O., 'An Account of the European Manuscripts in the Chetham Library, Manchester' (Manchester 1842), 10.
References:
'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.
Bibliographic Citation:
'The Defective Version of Mandeville's Travels', ed. M.C. Seymour, (Early English Text Society, 319, 2002), subgroup 4, p.193 (MS no.23)
Bibliographic Citation:
Ker, N.R., 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, vol. III Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford, 1983), 347.
Bibliographic Citation:
Seymour, M.C., 'The English Manuscripts of Mandeville's Travels', Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Transactions, 4 (1966), 169-210.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-12-01
Multi Page Number:
140
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-01
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
Mandeville's Travels
