Detail View: Medieval Collection: Fall of Babylon
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Image Number:
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JRL0803385dc
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Reference Number:
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French MS 99
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Image Title:
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Fall of Babylon
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Parent Work Title:
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Histoire Universelle
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Chronicle Roll
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Universal history
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Date Created:
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15th century
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Page:
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Frame eight
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Image Sequence Number:
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008
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Description:
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Vellum roll depicting a chronological history from the creation to 15th century France. It contains 65 painted medallions. The first column relates to the Ptolomeys of Egypt in Jerusalem, followed by the line of Judas Maccabeus. The second column tells of Balthazar, King of Babylon, the invasion of Cyrus the Persian, Darius the Mede, Xerxes and Vasti, and Alexander the Great. The third column relates the story of Rome after the death of Romulus, the conquering of Gaul, and the Tarquins, the Etruscan kings of Rome. The fourth column details early British kings including Lear. The medallions depict events from the text, including the founding of the city of Lutesse [Paris] (31), the banishment of Vasti (32), and the poisoning of Alexander the Great on the day he was crowned emperor (33).
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Language Code:
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fre-FR
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Language:
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French
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Subject:
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Bible. Old Testament
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Subject:
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Great Britain--Folklore
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Subject:
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Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
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Subject:
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France--History
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Subject:
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Israel--History
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Subject:
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Iraq--History
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Subject:
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Egypt--History
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Subject:
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Roman history
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Rolls
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Sub-Category:
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Miniatures [paintings]
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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750-1 BCE
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Places Covered:
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England
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Places Covered:
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France: Paris
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Places Covered:
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Italy: Rome
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Places Covered:
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Israel: Jerusalem
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Places Covered:
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Iraq: Babylon
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Places Covered:
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Gaul
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People Covered:
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Lear, King of England (Legendary character)
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People Covered:
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Xerxes I, King of Persia, 519-465 or 4 BC
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People Covered:
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Cyrus, King of Persia, -529 B.C.
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People Covered:
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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
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Item Height:
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17230 mm (roll)
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Item Width:
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686 mm (roll)
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Coppock, Mrs, former owner
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester |
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.7.
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Notes:
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Bought from Mrs Coppock of Newquay in January 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2008-01-28
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Multi Page Number:
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40
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2008-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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