COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926995dc
Reference Number:
English MS 1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Temple of Venus
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:
49r
Image Sequence Number:
049r
Description:
Siege of Troy. Book two: Lydgate tells us that Guido delle Colonne speaks ill of women generally and especially of Helen for going to the temple in his account. Although Lydgate tells us this is not his own opnion he must relate the words of Guido in his narrative. Guido blames Helen's desire for seeking out Paris, suggesting she should have stayed in her room. There is an illuminated initial 'O' in the text. 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:
Mythology, Greek--Poetry
Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
Subject:
Trojan War
Subject:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject:
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject:
Literature, Medieval
Subject:
English literature
Subject:
English literature--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1500 - 750 BCE
Places Covered:
Greece: Central Greece and Euboea: Attica: Cerigo
People Covered:
Colonne, Guido delle, 13th cent.
People Covered:
Helen of Troy (Greek mythology)
People Covered:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
People Covered:
Paris (Legendary character)
Item Height:
451 mm
Item Width:
326 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Perkins, Henry
Provenance:
Dent, John
Provenance:
Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
Provenance:
Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
Provenance:
Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
Provenance:
Carent family
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
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:
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:
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:
515
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
Temple of Venus
