COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0927016dc
Reference Number:
English MS 1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Achilles and Pirithous consult the Oracle
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:
59v
Image Sequence Number:
059v
Description:
Siege of Troy. Book two: Agamemnon suggests that before they set sail for Troy the Greeks consult the Oracle of Apollo at Delos for advice, so Achilles and Pirithous sail to Delos. Illustrated bas-de-page detail: Achilles and Pirithous (Patroclus?) at the oracle of Apollo. There is a floriated, illuminated full border and an illuminated initial 'A' in the text. The illustration has been identified as being painted by an artist stylistically close to William Abell, an important mid-fifteenth English illuminator. 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:
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject:
Literature, Medieval
Subject:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject:
English literature
Subject:
English literature--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1500 - 750 BCE
Places Covered:
Greece: Aegean Islands: Cyclades: Dhílos
People Covered:
Agamemnon (Greek mythology)
People Covered:
Pirithous (Greek mythology)
People Covered:
Apollo (Greek deity)
People Covered:
Achilles (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:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Dent, John
Provenance:
Perkins, Henry
Provenance:
Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
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:
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:
620
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
Achilles and Pirithous consult the Oracle
