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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Cologny
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Fondation Martin Bodmer
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Bodmer 110
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
John Lydgate, Troy Book, or The Siege of Troy
Caption:
Caption
Paper · IV + 408 + IV ff. · 21 x 29.5 cm · mid 15th century
Language:
Language
English
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
John Lydgate, Troy Book, written c. 1412-1420 at the request of Henry V when still Prince of Wales. It is composed in couplets, with a prologue, five books, an epilogue, and an address to Henry V (thirteen stanzas rhyme royal=7-line stanzas ababbcc), and envoy, titled ‘Verba auctoris’ (two 8-line stanzas). Lydgate translated the story of the Trojan War into English, not directly from Homer but through the re-workings by Benoit de Ste Maure, Roman de Troie (1165) and Guido delle Colonna, Historia Destructionis Troiae (1287). (moo)
Standard description:
Standard description
Linne R. Mooney, University of York, 2020.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0110 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0110)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0110
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IIIF Manifest URL
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How to quote:
How to quote
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 110: John Lydgate, Troy Book, or The Siege of Troy (https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0110).
Online Since:
Online Since
06/18/2020
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
15th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Fully Painted, Gold / Silver, Initial, Margin, Ornamental
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