British Library, Additional MS 15685

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number LatinManuscript2
Location London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark Additional MS 15685
Page/Folio range 83-97
Textual Content and Tradition
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)
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
Languages
Language of text Latin
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions
Note

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
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Italy
Date of Manuscript Production [1400]
Source of Date of Manuscript Production
Physical Description
Material Parchment (vellum)
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height
Width
Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations Yes
Contents and Additional Texts
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
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Ward (1893)Campbell (1907)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript