London British Library Arundel 140
From The Seven Sages of Rome
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Manuscript Identification | |
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Reference Number | Eng2 |
Location | London, British Library |
Siglum/Shelfmark | British Library Arundel 140 |
Page/Folio range | 152r-165v |
Textual Content and Tradition | |
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Standardised title of narrative | The Seven Sages of Rome |
Incipit or textual title | |
Version (siglum) | A (Seven Sages) |
└ Language Group within Version | Middle English Version A |
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version | Y Group |
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1) | Southern English |
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2) | Text Ar |
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | |
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Whitelock (2005) |
Languages | |
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Language of text | English |
Regional or specific Language of text | Middle English |
Source for regional or specific Language of text | Whitelock (2005) |
Digitisation and Editions | |
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Digitisation | https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Arundel_MS_140 |
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Note |
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Opening narration and stories 1-3 are missing from this MS |
Authorship and Production | |
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Place of Manuscript Production | England |
Date of Manuscript Production | 1400/1425 |
Source of Date of Manuscript Production | British Library website: https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Arundel_MS_140. Also, Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS O.S. 191, OUP, 1933 |
Physical Description | |
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Material | Paper |
Total pages/folios in Manuscript | |
Height | 290 |
Width | 215 |
Script style/form | |
Prose or verse | Verse |
Illustrations | No |
Contents and Additional Texts | |
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Other texts in the Manuscript | Fragmentary; only part of the narrative is present (missing the first 950 lines, so includes Medicus - Vaticinium). Contained in the first part of the MS (ff. 1-165) which contains a collection of legendary and devotional works in Middle English, including the Legend of Ipotis, The Prick of Conscience, Speculum Gy de Warwyke, and Mandeville's Travels; followed by Chaucer's Tale of Melibee. |
Catalogues and Research Literature | |
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Catalogue | |
Modern Research Literature | Brunner (1933), Campbell (1907), Whitelock (2005) |
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript | |
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Research Material | |
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