COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926922dc
Reference Number:
English MS 1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Medea
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:
12v
Image Sequence Number:
012v
Description:
Siege of Troy. Book one: Medea can control nature, even causing an eclipse of the moon and sun. Lydgate notes in the text that these powers are attributed to Medea by Ovid, and we know that nature cannot be controlled this way. Lydgate goes on to say that the only eclipse that has taken place was at Christ's death. 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:
Medea (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
Places Covered:
Georgia: Colchis
People Covered:
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.
People Covered:
Medea (Greek mythology)
People Covered:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
People Covered:
Jesus Christ
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:
Dent, John
Provenance:
Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
Provenance:
Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
Provenance:
Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
Provenance:
Carent family
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
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:
150
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
Medea
