British Library, Additional MS 15685
From The Seven Sages of Rome
Manuscript Identification | |
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Reference Number | LatinManuscript2 |
Location | London, British Library |
Siglum/Shelfmark | Additional MS 15685 |
Page/Folio range | 83-97 |
Textual Content and Tradition | |
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Standardised title of narrative | |
Incipit or textual title | Incipit liber septem philosophorum cuiusdam Imperatoris Romani, Eiusque scientifici et sapientissimi filij. Eiusdemque Imperatoris nequissime secunde uxoris |
Version (siglum) | I (Versio Italica) |
└ Language Group within Version | Versio Italica (Latin) |
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└ Further scholarly subgroup (1) | |
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2) | |
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Language of text | Latin |
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Digitisation | |
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As of July 2025, the British Library is still affected by a hack and the MS is unavailable as it has not been digitalised. Ward (1893) has a good overview, including folio numbers for each of the stories. Entered by Ava Byrne |
Authorship and Production | |
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Place of Manuscript Production | Italy |
Date of Manuscript Production | [1400] |
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Physical Description | |
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Material | Parchment (vellum) |
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Prose or verse | |
Illustrations | Yes |
Contents and Additional Texts | |
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Other texts in the Manuscript | The Moralised Book of Chess by Jacobus de Cessolis in Latin, f. 1
Libellus moralis Senece, etc. f. 47b Book on the Cardinal Virtues in Italian, f. 51 |
Catalogues and Research Literature | |
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Catalogue | |
Modern Research Literature | Ward (1893), Campbell (1907) |
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