COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Chethams_A.4.107_009
Reference Number:
Chetham's MS Mun.A.4.107
Image Title:
Mandeville's Travels
Parent Work Title:
Mandeville's Travels
Alternative Parent Work Title:
The book of John Mandeville, Knight
Creator:
Mandeville, John, Sir
Creator Role:
Author
Display Creator:
Mandeville, John, Sir
Date Created:
15th century [early]
Page:
2r
Image Sequence Number:
002r
Description:
English translation of Mandeville's travels. The signature 'Gerard legh' appears at the top of the folio. Written in two columns, 30 lines. Four line and three line initials, in red. Written by one hand in anglicana formata.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Geography, Medieval
Subject:
Autographs
Subject:
Travel, Medieval
Subject:
Voyages and travels
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Creation Site:
England
Item Height:
193 mm
Item Width:
136 mm
Current Repository:
Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK.
Provenance:
Wighton, Edmund, approximately 1484
Provenance:
Legh, Gerard, fl. late 16th century
Rights Holder - Image:
Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK
Rights holder - Work:
Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK
References:
Halliwell, J.O., 'An Account of the European Manuscripts in the Chetham Library, Manchester' (Manchester 1842), 10.
References:
'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.
Bibliographic Citation:
'The Defective Version of Mandeville's Travels', ed. M.C. Seymour, (Early English Text Society, 319, 2002), subgroup 4, p.193 (MS no.23)
Bibliographic Citation:
Seymour, M.C., 'The English Manuscripts of Mandeville's Travels', Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Transactions, 4 (1966), 169-210.
Bibliographic Citation:
Ker, N.R., 'Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, vol. III Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford, 1983), 347.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-12-01
Multi Page Number:
45
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-01
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Mandeville's Travels
