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Detail View: Medieval Collection: Golden fleece

Image Number: 
JRL0926907dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 1
Previous Accession Number: 
Crawford MS 1
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Golden fleece
Parent Work Title: 
Siege of Troy
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Sege of Troy
Creator: 
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Creator Role: 
Author
Display Creator: 
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Date Created: 
15th century [mid]
Page: 
5r
Image Sequence Number: 
005r
Description: 
Siege of Troy. Book one: The golden fleece was protected by bulls and a dragon and also protected by magic. Many men had lost theirs lives trying to retrieve it, and King Peleus (Pelias?) schemes to persuade Jason to undertake the task. The written space is 305 x 200 mm, 2 columns and 44 lines and the script is anglicana formata by two hands.
Language Code: 
enm-GB
Subject: 
Jason (Greek mythology)
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek--Poetry
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject: 
Poetry, Medieval
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject: 
English literature--Manuscripts
Subject: 
English literature
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Time Period Covered: 
1500 - 750 BCE
People Covered: 
Jason (Greek mythology)
People Covered: 
Peleus (Greek mythology)
People Covered: 
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Item Height: 
451 mm
Item Width: 
326 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Perkins, Henry
Provenance: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance: 
Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
Provenance: 
Dent, John
Provenance: 
Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
Provenance: 
Carent family
Provenance: 
Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
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.)
References: 
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
References: 
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.
Notes: 
Purchased by Lord Crawford from London bookseller Bernard Quaritch.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-07-06
Multi Page Number: 
75
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2009-09
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Medieval