Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 573

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Fr2
Location	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Siglum/Shelfmark	Français 573 (formerly 7069)
Page/Folio range	163-195

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Ystoire de la male marastre
Incipit or textual title	C'est a savoir que jadis avoit un empereour a Romme qui ot non Dioclisiens. Il avoit eu femme
Version (siglum)	M ('Male Marastre')
└ Language Group within Version	French Version M
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)	Text E
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Runte (1974)

Languages
Language of text	Old French
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9059154c/f163.item, Paris, Les Manuscrits françois de la Bibliothèque du Roi (1842)
Modern Editions	Runte, Li Ystoire de la Male Marastre (Version M) (1974)

Note
This text contains miniatures the beginning of the text, and of each of the fifteen stories it contains.

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	Paris, France
Date of Manuscript Production	1400 - 1450
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Runte (1974)

Physical Description
Material	Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	272
Height	335
Width	255
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	Yes

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	13r - 146v: Brunetto Latini, 'Tresor' 147r - 162v: Chronique de Turpin version Johannes 162 - 163: Généalogie des rois de France 163r - 191v: Sept sages de Rome, version M 195r - 269r: Gilles de Rome, Livre du Gouvernement de Roys & Princes 269v - 272v: Lettre d'Hippocrate à César; Receptes & medicines

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc508235, https://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/73784, Paris, Les Manuscrits françois de la Bibliothèque du Roi (1842)
Modern Research Literature	Runte (1974), Runte (1971)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript