Fall of Princes
PublicThe Fall of Princes, produced around 1480, is a work by John Lydgate (ca.1370-1451) on the fortunes of famous people and how fate brought about their downfall. Lydgate based his text on a similar work by Boccaccio.
- In Collection:
- Shelf Mark: Ms.Eng.1
- 122 folios ; 260 x 350 mm
- John Lydgate, Fall of Princes
- "Fall of Princes", Manuscript
- Paper and parchment.
- Two columns per page (90 x 300mm, 60-70 text lines per column).
- 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 quires. Leaves were edged in red ink after trimming, creating a red mottled effect when all leaves are viewed closed together.
- Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
- Sold at Sotheby's 14 July 1947 (lot 181), and purchased by University of Victoria from the family of the 1947 buyer in 1977.
- 1977-005
- Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collection
- University of Victoria Lydgate MS Fall of Princes Website: http://spcoll.library.uvic.ca/Digit/lydgate/lydgatems/contents.htm
- Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/ms-eng-1.php
- March 16, 2012
- Metadata by KD.
- Rights
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (fee for reproductions). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
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