London British Library Harley 3860

From The Seven Sages of Rome
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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Fr18
Location London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark Harley 3860
Page/Folio range 23r-47v
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Sept Sages de Rome
Incipit or textual title L'estorie de 7 sages de Roume
Version (siglum) A (Seven Sages)
Language Group within Version French Version A
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Group W
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text Ha
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014)
Languages
Language of text Old French
Regional or specific Language of text Anglo-Norman
Source for regional or specific Language of text JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/30784
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions Runte, Les sept sages de Rome: An On-Line Edition of French Version A (2006)
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production 1315 - 1350
Source of Date of Manuscript Production JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/30784
Physical Description
Material Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 82
Height
Width
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • 1-22 (?) - Latin geneology of the kings of England and Scotland, up to 1315 (mentioned in catalogue description; not described in JONAS or Arlima)
  • 23r-47v: L'estorie de 7 sages de Roume
  • 48r-61v: Robert Grosseteste, Le chasteau d'amour
  • 61v-77v: Extraits du Manuel des pechés de William of Waddington
  • 77vb-82vb: Walter of Henley, Housebonderie
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue https://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002107673Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4645
Modern Research Literature Runte (1971)Runte (1974)Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)Speer (1981)Runte (1989)Dean and Boulton (1999)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript