A Fifteenth-Century Tapestry with Scenes of the Trojan War

1939 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 221
Author(s):  
James J. Rorimer
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Trojan War

V.—The Sege of Troye

PMLA ◽  
1907 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-200
Author(s):  
Nathaniel E. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
English Version ◽  
Confessio Amantis ◽  
Trojan War

The hitherto unpublished English version of the Trojan war entitled The Sege of Troye exists in the unique Oxford ms., Rawlinson D 82. The Sege of Troye occupies second position in the manuscript, being preceded by a brief prose redaction of Statius’Thebaid and followed by an extract from Gower's Confessio Amantis. The version in question is an anonymous prose text of the fifteenth century, written in the Southern dialect. The story, which is told in simple, almost naive, language, and in a brisk, lively fashion, opens with the Argonautic Expedition and ends with the Destruction of Troy.

scholarly journals Odysseus and the Cyclops: Constructing Fear in Renaissance Marriage Chest Paintings

Humanities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Margaret Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Italian Renaissance ◽  
The Political ◽  
Visual Narratives ◽  
Trojan War ◽  
Recent Scholarship

Recent scholarship addressing access to Homer’s epics during the Italian Renaissance has illuminated the unique importance of visual narratives for the dissemination and interpretation of material associated with the Trojan War and its heroes. This article looks at early fifteenth-century images deriving from the Odyssey that were painted for marriage chests (cassoni) in the popular Florentine workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni. Focusing on Apollonio’s subnarrative of Odysseus’ clash with the Cyclops Polyphemus (the Cyclopeia), I argue that Apollonio showcased this archetypal tale of a failed guest–host relationship to explore contemporary anxieties associated with marriage, an institution that figured prominently in the political and economic ambitions of fifteenth-century patriarchal families.

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