Edinburgh National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 19.2.1 (Auchinleck Manuscript)
From The Seven Sages of Rome
Manuscript Identification
Reference Number
Eng1
Siglum / Shelfmark
'Auchinleck' MS, Advocates MS 19.2.1
Page / Folio range
85r-99v
Textual Content & Tradition
Standardised title of narrative
Version (siglum)
Language Group within Version
Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Source for textual relationship
Languages
Language of text
Regional / specific language
Digitisation & Editions
Note
'Roma' is fragmentary; text is missing final stories and conclusion.
Authorship & Production
Place of Production
Date of Production
1331 - 1340
Source of Date of Production
Physical Description
Contents & Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
The Seven Sages text appears in fols 85 r - 99 v; fragmentary: missing c. 1400 lines.
MS contents:
- The Legend of Pope Gregory (1r-6v)
- The King of Tars (7ra-13vb)
- The Life of Adam and Eve (1ra-2vb; 14ra-16rb)
- Seynt Mergrete (16rb-21ra)
- Seynt Katerine (21ra-24vb)
- St Patrick's Purgatory (25ra-31vb)
- þe Desputisoun Bitven þe Bodi and þe Soule (31vb-35ra stub)
- The Harrowing of Hell (35rb-?37rb or 37va stub)
- The Clerk who would see the Virgin (37rb or 37va stub-38vb)
- Speculum Gy de Warewyke (39ra-?48rb stub)
- Amis and Amiloun (?48rb stub-?61va stub)
- The Life of St Mary Magdalene (?61Ava stub-65vb)
- The Nativity and Early Life of Mary (65vb-69va)
- On the Seven Deadly Sins (70ra-72ra)
- The Paternoster (72ra-?72rb or ?72va stub)
- The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (?72rb or ?72va stub-78ra)
- Sir Degare (78rb-?84rb stub)
- The Seven Sages of Rome (?84rb stub-99vb)
- Floris and Blancheflour (100ra-104vb)
- The Sayings of the Four Philosophers (105ra-105rb)
- The Battle Abbey Roll (105v-107r)
- Guy of Warwick (couplets) (108ra-146vb)
- Guy of Warwick (stanzas) (145vb-167rb)
- Reinbroun (167rb-175vb)
- Sir Beues of Hamtoun (176ra-201ra)
- Of Arthour & of Merlin (201rb-256vb)
- þe Wenche þat Loved þe King (256vb-256A thin stub)
- A Peniworþ of Witt (256A stub-259rb)
- How Our Lady's Sauter was First Found (259rb-260vb)
- Lay le Freine (261ra-262)
- Roland and Vernagu (?262va stub-267vb)
- Otuel a Knight (268ra-277vb)
- Kyng Alisaunder (L f.1ra-vb; S A.15 f.1ra-2vb; L f.2ra-vb; ff.278-9)
- The Thrush and the Nightingale (279va-vb)
- The Sayings of St Bernard (280ra)
- Dauid þe King (280rb-280vb)
- Sir Tristrem (281ra-299A thin stub)
- Sir Orfeo (299A stub-303ra)
- The Four Foes of Mankind (303rb-303vb)
- The Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle (304ra-317rb)
- Horn Childe & Maiden Rimnild (317va-323vb
- Alphabetical Praise of Women (324ra-325vb)
- King Richard (326; E f.3ra-vb; S R.4 f.1ra-2vb; E f.4ra-vb; f.327)
- þe Simonie (328r-334v)
Catalogues & Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature
Embedded Stories in This Manuscript
| Has Short Title | Has Sequence Number | Has Narrator | Has Name Variation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor – The Tree | 1 | Empress | |
| Canis – The Faithful Dog | 2 | Bancillas | Hancyllas |
| Aper – The Boar and the Fruit | 3 | Empress | |
| Medicus – The Doctor | 4 | Anxilles | Ancilles |
| Gaza – The Treasure | 5 | Empress | |
| Puteus – The Well | 6 | Lentulus | Lentilioun |
| Senescalcus – The Seneschal | 7 | Empress | |
| Tentamina – The Test | 8 | Malquidras | Maladas |
| Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels | 9 | Empress | |
| Avis – The Bird | 10 | Cato | Caton, Catoun |
| Sapientes – The Wise Men | 11 | Empress | |
| Vidua – The Widow | 12 | Jesse | |
| Roma – Rome Besieged | 13 | Empress | |
| Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife | 14 | Maxencius | Marcius |
Research Material
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