Harmsworth, Leicester (1870-1937)
GND: 1055106405
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Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 110
Paper · IV + 408 + IV ff. · 21 x 29.5 cm · mid 15th century
John Lydgate, Troy Book, or The Siege of Troy
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).
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