Detail View: Medieval Collection: Orestes weds Hermione
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Image Number:
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JRL0927224dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 1
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Previous Accession Number:
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Crawford MS 1
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Orestes weds Hermione
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Parent Work Title:
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Siege of Troy
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Sege of Troy
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Creator:
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Display Creator:
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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Date Created:
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15th century [mid]
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Page:
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161v
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Image Sequence Number:
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161v
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Description:
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Siege of Troy. Book five: Orestes states his case for the murder of his mother, claiming that the gods wished it. Further to this, as he is Agamemnon's son, he should not be disinherited. Nestor backs Orestes and he is crowned King. Orestes then weds Hermione the daughter of Helen and Menelaus. Erigona the daughter of Egisthus (Aegisthus) hangs herself. The story moves on to Ulysses (Odysseus) and his adventures as he tries to return home. There is an illuminated initial 'O' in the text. The written space is 305 x 200 mm, 2 columns and 44 lines and the script is anglicana formata by two hands.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Mythology, Greek--Poetry
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Subject:
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Poetry, Medieval
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Subject:
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Mythology, Greek, in literature
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Subject:
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Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Literature, Medieval
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Subject:
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English literature
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Subject:
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English literature--Manuscripts
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1500 - 750 BCE
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Places Covered:
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Greece
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People Covered:
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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People Covered:
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Helen of Troy (Greek mythology)
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People Covered:
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Menelaus (Greek mythology)
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People Covered:
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Odysseus (Greek mythology)
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People Covered:
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Nestor (Greek mythology)
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People Covered:
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Orestes (Greek mythology)
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People Covered:
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Hermione (Greek mythology)
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Item Height:
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451 mm
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Item Width:
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326 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Provenance:
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Dent, John
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Provenance:
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Perkins, Henry
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Provenance:
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Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
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Provenance:
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Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
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Provenance:
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Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
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Provenance:
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Carent family
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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.)
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References:
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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
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.
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Notes:
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Purchased by Lord Crawford from London bookseller Bernard Quaritch.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-06
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Multi Page Number:
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1640
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2009-09
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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