Siege of Thebes
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Description
- Title
- Siege of Thebes
- Creator
- Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
- Published / Created
- [between 1425 and 1450]
- Publication Place
- England (London?)
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment of John Lydgate (1375?-1449?), Siege of Thebes
- Description
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In Middle English.
Script: Copied by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Antiquior Libraria/Formata (Anglicana). The scribe has been identified as being Stephen Doddesham, a Carthusian monk, first in Witham Priory, afterwards in the Charterhouse at Sheen, near London, d. 1481/1482.
Red headings and running titles. The latter are preceded by alternately blue paragraph-marks with red penwork and golden paragraph-marks with blue penwork. 6-line foliate initials in pale blue and pink with left-margin floral borders extending into the upper and lower margins, at the beginning of Parts II and III (ff. 13v and 33v); the same type of initial with similar but four-margins border at the opening of the Prologue (f. 1r). There were only two 3-line dentelle initials with short marginal extensions, namely on f. 20v (now cut out, v. 1569, speech of Adrastus) and 25r (v. 1901, speech of Tideus).
Binding: Nineteenth century. White parchment over pasteboard by Edward Parry. On the gold-tooled spine two bordeaux leather labels with gold-tooled inscriptions: "DESTRUCTION / OF / THEBES / BY/ LYDGATE" and "MANUSCRIPT". - Provenance
- Purchased from H.P. Kraus, New York, on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
- Extent
- ff. i + 61 + i : 270 x 175 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English, Middle (1100-1500)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 661
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Carthusians. - Subject (Topic)
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English poetry |y Middle English, 1100-1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Narrative poetry, English (Middle) - Subjects
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Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
Carthusians
English poetry |y Middle English, 1100-1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Narrative poetry, English (Middle)
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- John Lydgate, Siege of Thebes. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9616569
- Object ID (OID)
- 9998988
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