Brussel Koninklijke Bibliotheek 11190-11191

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Fr21
Location Brussel, Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Siglum/Shelfmark 11190-11191
Page/Folio range 1r-32v
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Sept Sages de Rome
Incipit or textual title Il oct un empereour a Rome si ot a non Dyocleciens. Cil ot femme…
Version (siglum) A (Seven Sages)
Language Group within Version French Version A
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Group Y
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text B2
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
Source for regional or specific Language of text
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation https://uurl.kbr.be/1747096
Modern Editions Runte, Les sept sages de Rome: An On-Line Edition of French Version A (2006)
Note

Note: The copious and striking illuminations in this text were produced by Jean Semont (or in his workshop).

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Tournai
Date of Manuscript Production 1390 - 1400
Source of Date of Manuscript Production JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/10499
Physical Description
Material Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 198
Height 229
Width 163
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations Yes
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • 1r-32v: Sept sages de Rome
  • 33r-197r: Jacques de Longuyon, Voeux du paon
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue Property "Has Catalogue" (as page type) with input value "Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale des ducs de Bourgogne publié par ordre du ministre de l'Intérieur, Bruxelles et Leipzig, Muquardt, 1842, 3 t. (ici t. 1, p. 224, no 11191): https://archive.org/details/cataloguedesman01brus/page/224/mode/1up" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale des ducs de Bourgogne publié par ordre du ministre de l'Intérieur, Bruxelles et Leipzig, Muquardt, 1842, 3 t. (ici t. 1, p. 224, no 11191): https://archive.org/details/cataloguedesman01brus/page/224/mode/1upArlima: https://arlima.net/no/2984https://opac.kbr.be/Library/doc/SYRACUSE/16502605
Modern Research Literature Runte (1989)Runte (1974)Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)Coco (2016)Berne-Aïache (1966)Speer (1981)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript