Detail View: Medieval Collection: Death of Priam

Image Number: 
JRL0927196dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 1
Previous Accession Number: 
Crawford MS 1
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Death of Priam
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: 
147v
Image Sequence Number: 
147v
Description: 
Siege of Troy. Book four: Priam flees to the temple of Apollo as Troy is sacked and the traitors Eneas (Aeneas) and Anthenor lead the Greeks to the palace of Ilion so they can plunder it. Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus) murders Priam as he kneels in the temple of Apollo. 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: 
Troy (Extinct city)--History
Subject: 
Poetry, Medieval
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject: 
Trojan War
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject: 
English literature
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval
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: 
Neoptolemus (Greek mythology)
People Covered: 
Apollo (Greek deity)
People Covered: 
Priam (Greek mythology)
People Covered: 
Aeneas (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: 
Creative Commons License
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: 
1500
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