Detail View: Medieval Collection: Mandeville's Travels
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Image Number:
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Chethams_A.4.107_007
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Reference Number:
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Chetham's MS Mun.A.4.107
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Previous Accession Number:
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6711
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Image Title:
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Mandeville's Travels
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Parent Work Title:
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Mandeville's Travels
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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The book of John Mandeville, Knight
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Creator:
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Mandeville, John, Sir
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Display Creator:
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Mandeville, John, Sir
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Date Created:
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15th century [early]
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Page:
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1r
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Image Sequence Number:
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001r
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Description:
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English translation of Mandeville's travels. Written in two columns, 30 lines. Four line and three line initials, in red. Incipit: 'Here begynneth the book of Iohn Mawndevyle knyght the whilk techeth the right way to ierusalem from diuerse c[ont]re[s] and of the meruay[les] off ynde. and of diuersite off the contr'. off the grete chame and off the sawdon of babyloyne...'. Written by one hand in anglicana formata.
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Geography, Medieval
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Subject:
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Travel, Medieval
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Subject:
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Voyages and travels
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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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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Creation Site:
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England
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Item Height:
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193 mm
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Item Width:
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136 mm
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Current Repository:
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Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK.
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Provenance:
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Wighton, Edmund, approximately 1484
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Provenance:
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Legh, Gerard, fl. late 16th century
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Rights Holder - Image:
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Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK
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Rights holder - Work:
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Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK
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References:
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Halliwell, J.O., 'An Account of the European Manuscripts in the Chetham Library, Manchester' (Manchester 1842), 10.
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References:
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'The Index of Middle English prose Handlist II: A Handlist of Manuscripts containing Middle English Prose in the John Rylands University Library Manchester and Chetham's Library, Manchester', ed. G.A. Lester (Cambridge, 1985), 83.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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'The Defective Version of Mandeville's Travels', ed. M.C. Seymour, (Early English Text Society, 319, 2002), subgroup 4, p.193 (MS no.23)
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Seymour, M.C., 'The English Manuscripts of Mandeville's Travels', Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Transactions, 4 (1966), 169-210.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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Ker, N.R., 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, vol. III Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford, 1983), 347.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-12-01
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Multi Page Number:
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35
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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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2010-01
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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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