Canace and Macareus

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Medieval Collection

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JRL0927333dc

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Reference Number:

English MS 2

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English MS 2

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Previous Accession Number:

Crawford MS 2

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UoM online catalogu…

Image Title:

Canace and Macareus

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Canace and Macareus

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Parent Work Title:

Fall of Princes

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Fall of Princes

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Alternative Parent Work Title:

Falle of Pryncys

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Falle of Pryncys

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Creator:

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?

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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?

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Author

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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?

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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?

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Date Created:

15th-16th century

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15th-16th century

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Page:

36r

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Image Sequence Number:

036r

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036r

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Description:

Fall of Princes. Book one: an illuminated initial 'A' introduces the tale of Canace and Macareus. Canace and her brother Macareus loved one another incestuously and as a result of their union Canace bore a child. Their father Eolus (Aeolus) found out about their love and sought to kill both his children. Macareus ran away and Eolus sent Canace a sword so that she could end her own life. Canace knows she must die and writes a final letter to Macareus; red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'O' introduce the letter. Canace writes that she knows she must endure death for love and she begs him not to forget her or their son. Small illuminated and coloured initials introduce the verses. The written space is 285 x 200 mm in two columns and the script is rather an ugly and unstable anglicana formata.

description

Fall of Princes. Book one: an illuminated initial 'A' introduces the tale of Canace and Macareus. Canace and her brother Macareus loved one another incestuously and as a result of their union Canace bore a child. Their father Eolus (Aeolus) found out about their love and sought to kill both his children. Macareus ran away and Eolus sent Canace a sword so that she could end her own life. Canace knows she must die and writes a final letter to Macareus; red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'O' introduce the letter. Canace writes that she knows she must endure death for love and she begs him not to forget her or their son. Small illuminated and coloured initials introduce the verses. The written space is 285 x 200 mm in two columns and the script is rather an ugly and unstable anglicana formata.

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Language Code:

enm-GB

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Subject:

English literature--Manuscripts

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English literature--Manuscripts

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Subject:

Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts

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Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts

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Subject:

Poetry, Medieval

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Poetry, Medieval

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Subject:

Mythology, Greek--Poetry

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Mythology, Greek--Poetry

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Subject:

Mythology in literature

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Mythology in literature

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Subject:

Literature, Medieval

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Literature, Medieval

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Subject:

Mythology, Greek, in literature

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Mythology, Greek, in literature

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Subject:

English literature

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English literature

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Category of Material:

Manuscripts

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Manuscripts

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Sub-Category:

Codex

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Codex

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Technique Used:

Handwriting

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Handwriting

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Technique Used:

Illumination (image-making process)

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Illumination (image-making process)

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Medium:

Ink

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Support:

Vellum

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Vellum

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People Covered:

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?

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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?

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Item Height:

417 mm

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417 mm

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Item Width:

292 mm

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292 mm

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Current Repository:

The University of Manchester Library, U.K.

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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.

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Provenance:

Child, Francis, Sir, 1735-1763, of Osterley Park, Middlesex.

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Child, Francis, Sir, 1735-1763, of Osterley Park, Middlesex.

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Provenance:

Fairfax, Brian, 1676-1749, the commissioner of customs and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

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Fairfax, Brian, 1676-1749, the commissioner of customs and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

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Provenance:

Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner

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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner

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Rights Holder - Image:

The University of Manchester Library

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The University of Manchester Library

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Rights holder - Work:

The University of Manchester Library

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The University of Manchester Library

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Access Rights:

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References:

Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.

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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.

References

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References:

Bergen, Henry, 'Lydgate's Fall of princes.' (London: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1924-27.)

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Bergen, Henry, 'Lydgate's Fall of princes.' (London: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1924-27.)

References

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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), p. 400. By kind permission of Oxford University Press

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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), p. 400. By kind permission of Oxford University Press

References

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Bibliographic Citation:

Morgan, Margery M., 'A specimen of early printer's copy: Ryland English MS 2', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 33 (1950), pp. 194-6.

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Morgan, Margery M., 'A specimen of early printer's copy: Ryland English MS 2', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 33 (1950), pp. 194-6.

Bibliographic Citation

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Notes:

Ostensibly the work is an adaptation of Laurent de Premierfait's 1409 translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's 'De casibus vivorum illustrium', a collection of moralized tragedies, extending from Adam to King John of France, that were designed to illustrate Fortune's fickle nature and the downfalls brought on by sinful living and unjust government.

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Ostensibly the work is an adaptation of Laurent de Premierfait's 1409 translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's 'De casibus vivorum illustrium', a collection of moralized tragedies, extending from Adam to King John of France, that were designed to illustrate Fortune's fickle nature and the downfalls brought on by sinful living and unjust government.

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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):

2009-08-11

Multi Page Number:

385

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385

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Image Creation Technique:

Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library

Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):

2009-10

Metadata Language:

eng-GB

Collection Code:

Medieval

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MEDIA INFORMATION

Canace and Macareus