Detail View: Medieval Collection: Ulysses imprisons his son

Image Number: 
JRL0927239dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 1
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Ulysses imprisons his son
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: 
169r
Image Sequence Number: 
169r
Description: 
Siege of Troy. Book five: Ulysses (Odysseus) imprisons his son Telamon (Telemachus) to avoid his dream coming true. Ulysses forgets that he also had a son with the enchantress Circe, Telegonus, who persuades Circe to tell him who his father is. Telegonus sets out for Ithaca to see Odysseus. 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: 
English literature--Manuscripts
Subject: 
English literature
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval
Subject: 
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Subject: 
Mythology, Greek--Poetry
Subject: 
Poetry, Medieval
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Time Period Covered: 
1500 - 750 BCE
Places Covered: 
Greece: Ionian Islands: Kefallinía: Ithaca
People Covered: 
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
People Covered: 
Circe (Greek mythology)
People Covered: 
Telegonus (Greek mythology)
People Covered: 
Telemachus (Greek mythology)
People Covered: 
Odysseus (Greek mythology)
Item Height: 
451 mm
Item Width: 
326 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
Provenance: 
Dent, John
Provenance: 
Carent family
Provenance: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance: 
Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
Provenance: 
Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
Provenance: 
Perkins, Henry
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.
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.)
Notes: 
Purchased by Lord Crawford from London bookseller Bernard Quaritch.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-07-06
Multi Page Number: 
1715
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