COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0927116dc
Reference Number:
English MS 1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Death of Hector
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:
109v
Image Sequence Number:
109v
Description:
Siege of Troy. Book three: Hector kills a Greek king just to strip him of his wonderful armour and as Hector pauses to strip the body he lays down his shield. At that moment Achilles sees Hector unarmed and thrusts a spear into him, killing him. Odemon hits Achilles so hard it is thought he is dead and he is carried off the battlefield. Hector's body is taken back to the temple in Troy. Illustrated bas-de-page detail: Hector's funeral procession. There is a floriated, illuminated full border and an illuminated initial 'B'. 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:
Troy (Extinct city)--History
Subject:
Mythology, Greek--Poetry
Subject:
Trojan War
Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
Subject:
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject:
Literature, Medieval
Subject:
English literature--Manuscripts
Subject:
English literature
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:
Turkey: Marmara: Çanakkale: Troy
People Covered:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
People Covered:
Achilles (Greek mythology)
People Covered:
Hector (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:
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:
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:
1120
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
Death of Hector
