COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0927178dc
Reference Number:
English MS 1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Anthenor meets with the Greeks
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:
140v
Image Sequence Number:
140v
Description:
Siege of Troy. Book four: Priam has to give in to the traitors and it is agreed that Anthenor will be sent to the Greeks to entreat them to settle the war. Anthenor meets with Ulysses (Odysseus), the King of Crete and Diomedes and agrees to betray Troy if the Greeks will guarantee the safety of himself, Eneas (Aeneas) and their allies. The Greeks agree and are sworn to keep the treaty secret. 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:
Poetry, Medieval
Subject:
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject:
Trojan War
Subject:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject:
Literature, Medieval
Subject:
English literature
Subject:
English literature--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1500 - 750 BCE
Places Covered:
Turkey: Marmara: Çanakkale: Troy
People Covered:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
People Covered:
Diomedes (Greek mythology)
People Covered:
Aeneas (Legendary character)
People Covered:
Odysseus (Greek mythology)
People Covered:
Priam (Greek mythology)
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:
Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
Provenance:
Dent, John
Provenance:
Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
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:
1430
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
Anthenor meets with the Greeks
