COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0927221dc
Reference Number:
English MS 1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Eneas and Dido
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:
160r
Image Sequence Number:
160r
Description:
Siege of Troy. Book five: the story of Eneas (Aeneas) and Dido the Queen of Carthage is related in Virgil's 'Eneid' (Aeneid). Lydgate returns to the story of how Orestes avenges Agamemnon's murder. Now a man, Orestes vows to recover the heritage denied him by Egisthus (Aegisthus) and gathers many knights. He then allies himself with King Forentius whose daughter Egisthus deserted in favour of Clytemnestra. 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:
Mythology, Greek, in literature
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:
Tunisia: Tūnis: Carthage
People Covered:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
People Covered:
Virgil
People Covered:
Aegisthus (Greek mythology)
People Covered:
Orestes (Greek mythology)
People Covered:
Clytemnestra (Greek mythology)
People Covered:
Dido (Legendary character)
People Covered:
Agamemnon (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:
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:
1625
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
Eneas and Dido
