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  • Fall of Princes

    Alternative Title
    John Lydgate, Fall of Princes and "Fall of Princes", Manuscript
    Subject
    Mythology, Fate and fatalism, Poetry, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
    Creator
    Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
    Language
    lat
    Date created
    approximately 1431 to approximately 1438
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Ms.Eng.1
    Extent
    122 folios ; 260 x 350 mm
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Paper and parchment., Two columns per page (90 x 300mm, 60-70 text lines per column)., and Previously bound in seventeenth-century leather binding; disbound by University of Victoria for restoration purposes and now housed in archival folders that do not correspond to...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Sold at Sotheby's 14 July 1947 (lot 181), and purchased by University of Victoria from the family of the 1947 buyer in 1977.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier
    1977-005
    Fonds Title
    Medieval Studies Collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC070
    Is Referenced By
    Archival finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/medieval-studies-collectionUniversity of Victoria Lydgate MS Fall of Princes Website: http://spcoll.library.uvic.ca/Digit/lydgate/lydgatems/contents.htmSpecial Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/ms-eng-1.php
    Date Digitized
    2012-03-16
    Technical Note
    Metadata by KD.
    Keyword in Context
    Victoria, University of Victoria Libraries, MS Eng.1 Accession No. 1977-005, Drawer 5A/08 John Lydgate’s Fall of Princes (imperfect) England s. XIVex This document contains transcription of folios 1r-25vb31 (Book I.120-6734), 26rb-29rb8 (Book I.6833-Book...