London British Library Arundel 140

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Eng2
Location London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark British Library Arundel 140
Page/Folio range 152r-165v
Textual Content and Tradition
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
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
Digitisation https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Arundel_MS_140
Modern Editions
Note

Opening narration and stories 1-3 are missing from this MS

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
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
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height 290
Width 215
Script style/form
Prose or verse Verse
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
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
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Brunner (1933)Campbell (1907)Whitelock (2005)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Research Material