Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum McClean 179

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Fr15
Location Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum
Siglum/Shelfmark McClean 179
Page/Folio range 145r-161v
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Sept Sages de Rome
Incipit or textual title Il ot jadis un emperere a Rome qui ot nom Diocleciens
Version (siglum) A (Seven Sages)
Language Group within Version French Version A
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Group V
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text Ca
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
Modern Editions Runte, Les sept sages de Rome: An On-Line Edition of French Version A (2006)
Note
Manuscript contains miniatures; none in the Sept Sages text, however.
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production 1275 - 1300
Source of Date of Manuscript Production JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/12215
Physical Description
Material Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 215
Height 312
Width 154
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • 1r – 144v: Roman de Laurin
  • 145r – 161v: Roman des sept sages de Rome
  • 162r –215r: Marques de Rome
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue Fitzwilliam Museum: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170729
Modern Research Literature Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)Runte (1974)Coco (2016)Berne-Aïache (1966)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript