COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0927233dc
Reference Number:
English MS 1
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Pyrrhus and Atastus
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:
166r
Image Sequence Number:
166r
Description:
Siege of Troy. Book five: Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus) dresses finely and goes to meet Atastus, he tells him that he is one of Priam's sons who had been imprisoned by Pyrrhus. Atastus asks where Pyrrhus is and he tells Atastus that Pyrrhus is in the cave where Peleus is being held. Atastus goes to look in the cave and Pyrrhus draws his sword to kill him but Thetides daughter of Atastus begs Pyrrhus not to kill her father. Pyrrhus eventually agrees not to kill Atastus as he has already killed his two sons and he and Atastus agree to reign Thessaly together. 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:
Literature, Medieval--Manuscripts
Subject:
Mythology, Greek, in literature
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:
Greece: Thessaly
People Covered:
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
People Covered:
Neoptolemus (Greek mythology)
People Covered:
Peleus (Greek mythology)
Item Height:
451 mm
Item Width:
326 mm
Current Repository:
John Rylands University Library, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance:
Perkins, Henry
Provenance:
Sykes, Mark Masterson, Sir
Provenance:
Dent, John
Provenance:
Mundy family of Markeaton Hall, Derbyshire.
Provenance:
Morgan, Hugh, of Monmouth in the marches of Walys
Provenance:
Carent family
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:
1685
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2009-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Pyrrhus and Atastus
