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Medieval Collection
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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0927218dc
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JRL0927218dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 1
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English MS 1
Reference Number
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Previous Accession Number:
Crawford MS 1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Plot against Diomedes
image_title
Plot against Diomedes
Image Title
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Parent Work Title:
Siege of Troy
parent_work_title
Siege of Troy
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Sege of Troy
alternative_parent_work_title
Sege of Troy
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
creator
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Creator
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Creator Role:
Author
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Author
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false
Display Creator:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Display Creator
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Date Created:
15th century [mid]
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15th century [mid]
Date Created
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Page:
158v
page
158v
Page
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Image Sequence Number:
158v
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158v
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Description:
Siege of Troy. Book five: Oetes also seeks to destroy Diomedes. On the way to Troy Diomedes and his brother-in-law Assandrus are attacked by King Thelephus and Assandrus is killed. Illustrated bas-de-page detail: Assandrus is killed by Thelephus. There is a floriated, illuminated full border and an illuminated initial 'I' 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.
description
Siege of Troy. Book five: Oetes also seeks to destroy Diomedes. On the way to Troy Diomedes and his brother-in-law Assandrus are attacked by King Thelephus and Assandrus is killed. Illustrated bas-de-page detail: Assandrus is killed by Thelephus. There is a floriated, illuminated full border and an illuminated initial 'I' 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.
Description
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Language Code:
enm-GB
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enm-GB
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Subject:
Mythology, Greek--Poetry
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Mythology, Greek--Poetry
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false
Subject:
Poetry, Medieval
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Poetry, Medieval
Subject
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Subject:
Mythology, Greek, in literature
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Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject
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Subject:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
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Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject
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Subject:
Literature, Medieval
subject
Literature, Medieval
Subject
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Subject:
English literature
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English literature
Subject
false
Subject:
English literature--Manuscripts
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English literature--Manuscripts
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
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false
Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Miniatures (paintings)
sub_category
Miniatures (paintings)
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
technique_used
Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
technique_used
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
support
Vellum
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
1500 - 750 BCE
time_period_covered
1500 - 750 BCE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
Greece
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Greece
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false
People Covered:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
People Covered
false
People Covered:
Diomedes (Greek mythology)
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Diomedes (Greek mythology)
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false
Item Height:
451 mm
item_height
451 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
326 mm
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326 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
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Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
provenance
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Dent, John
provenance
Dent, John
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Perkins, Henry
provenance
Perkins, Henry
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
provenance
Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
provenance
Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Carent family
provenance
Carent family
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
provenance
Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
rights_holder___image
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
access_rights
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a>
Access Rights
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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
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
false
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
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
false
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.
References
false
Notes:
Purchased by Lord Crawford from London bookseller Bernard Quaritch.
notes
Purchased by Lord Crawford from London bookseller Bernard Quaritch.
Notes
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-06
Multi Page Number:
1610
multi_page_number
1610
Multi Page Number
false
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
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Medieval
Collection Code
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