The hystorye, sege and dystruccyon of Troye.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?

Contributor:

Colonne, Guido delle, active 13th century.

Benoît, de Sainte-More, active 12th century.

Series:

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 133:2.

Standardized Title:

Troy book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Troy (Ancient city)--Romances.

Local Subjects:

Troy (Ancient city)--Romances.

Physical Description:

324 unnumbered pages : illustrations

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Troy book.

Place of Publication:

[London] : [Printed by Richard Pynson], [1513]

Notes:

".. a very much amplified version .. of the prose Latin 'Historia destructionis Troiae' of Guido delle Colonne (about 1287) .. in turn a condensed version of the 'Roman de Troie' of Benoît de Sainte More (about 1160)"--Lydgate, J. Lydgate's Troy book. Early English Text Society, extra series 97, p. ix.

In verse.

Colophon reads: Here endeth the Troye booke otherwyse called the Sege of Troye, translated by Iohn̄ Lydgate monke of the monastery of Bery, and emprynted the yere of oure Lorde a. M.CCCCC. [and]. xiij. by Richard Pynson, prynter vnto the kyng[es] noble grace.

Signatures: [cross]2 A-2C6 2D4.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1942. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 133:02). s1942 miun a

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed) 5579.

Related Work:

Colonne, Guido delle, active 13th century. Historia destructionis Troiae.

Benoît, de Sainte-More, active 12th century. Roman de Troie.

OCLC:

55176417