Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3354
| Manuscript | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference Number | Fr29 | ||
| Location | Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal | ||
| Siglum/Shelfmark | 3354 (formerly 245 B. L. F.) | ||
| Page/Folio range | 3r-58v | ||
| Standardised title of narrative | Sept Sages de Rome | ||
| Incipit or textual title | |||
| Version (siglum) | Overlap of Versions A and L | ||
| └ Language Group within Version | French A/L Overlap | ||
| └ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version | |||
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (1) | |||
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (2) | |||
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | |||
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014) | ||
| Scribe | |||
| Author | |||
| Place of Manuscript Production | |||
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1400 - 1500 | ||
| Source of date Manuscript Production | BNF catalogue: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc840610 | ||
| Material | Paper | ||
| Language of Manuscript | Old French | ||
| Regional or specific Language of Manuscript | |||
| Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript | |||
| Prose or Verse | Prose | ||
| Other texts in the Manuscript | 3 - 58v: Sept Sages de Rome
59 - 60: Débat de l'amoureux et de la mort 60r - 109r: Pierre de Provence et la belle Maguelonne 115v - 118v: Office de connétable | ||
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 118 | ||
| Height | 292 | ||
| Width | 194 | ||
| Illustrations | No | ||
| Digitisation | |||
| Modern Editions | Runte, Les sept sages de Rome: An On-Line Edition of French Version A (2006) | ||
| Catalogue | |||
| Modern Research Literature | Paris (1876), Le Roux de Lincy (1838), Coco (2016), Berne-Aïache (1966), Berne-Aïache (1977), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Foehr-Janssens (1994) | ||
| General Notes (Internal) | |||
Note
Note on grouping:
- Runte (2014) lists this as a Version A text.
- Arlima lists this as a Version A text (following Runte).
- Coco (2016) lists this as a Version A text (following Arlima).
- JONAS lists this as a Version L text, possibly following Aïache-Berne.
- Gaston Paris (1876) says, 'Je ne puis m’expliquer la composition de ce texte qu’en admettant que le copiste avait à sa disposition un ms. de L fort endommagé vers la fin.’ Paris continues, noting that the story ''Filia'' is missing, replaced with an allusion to ''Sapientes'', and that despite following L closely for the majority of the text, the end of the narrative exactly mirrors the details and structure of A instead.
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
| Short Story | Sequence Number | Narrator | Name Variations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor | 1 | Empress | |
| Canis | 2 | Bancillas | Baucillas |
| Aper | 3 | Empress | |
| Medicus | 4 | Ancilles | Auguste (?) |
| Gaza | 5 | Empress | |
| Puteus | 6 | Lentulus | |
| Senescalcus | 7 | Empress | |
| Noverca | 8 | Jesse | Josse |
