Firenze Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ashburnham 49 (Libri 122)

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Fr9
Location Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Siglum/Shelfmark Ashburnham 49 (cat. Ashburnham-Libri 122)
Page/Folio range 1r-13v
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Sept Sages de Rome
Incipit or textual title A Rome ot I empereur qui avoit a non Dyocletien; il ot fame eue. De cele fame li fu remes I hoirs masles. Li emperieres fu vieulz, et li enfes ot ja VII anz...
Version (siglum) A (Seven Sages)
Language Group within Version French Version A
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Group U
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text F
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
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production 1300 - 1400
Source of Date of Manuscript Production ARLIMA: Les sept sages
Physical Description
Material Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 209
Height 322
Width 225
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • 1r-13v: Le romans de VII sages, version A
  • 14r-60r: Le livre de Marques le fiulz Chaton
  • 61r-209r: De Laurins le fiulz Marques
  • 209v: Description en occitan d'un anneau contenant plusieurs reliques
  • 209v: Quittance en français datée du 27 octobre 1521
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Catalogue_of_the_Manuscripts_at_Ashbur/1HsNAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/73671Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4478
Modern Research Literature Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)Runte (1974)Coco (2016)Berne-Aïache (1966)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript