Firenze Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ashburnham 52

From Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript
Reference Number Fr4
Location Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Siglum/Shelfmark Ashburnham 52 (cat. Ashburnham-Libri 125)
Page/Folio range 136v-162r
Standardised title of narrative Ystoire de la male marastre
Incipit or textual title C'est a savoir que jadis avoit un empereour a Romme qui ot non Dyoclesiens
Version (siglum) M ('Male Marastre')
Language Group within Version French
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text T
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Runte (1974)
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production 1300 - 1350
Source of date Manuscript Production Runte (1974)
Material Parchment (vellum)
Language of Manuscript Old French
Regional or specific Language of Manuscript
Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript
Prose or Verse Prose
Other texts in the Manuscript 1r - 120r: Brunetto Latini, Tresor

121r - 135v: Nicolas de Senlis, Chronique du Pseudo-Turpin

135v: Pierre de Beauvais, Olympiade

135v - 136r: Anonyme, Généalogie des rois de France

136v - 162r: Anonyme, Sept sages de Rome, version M

162r - 163v: Anonyme, Enseignement de sapience

166r - 241v: Henri de Gauchy, Livre du gouvernement des rois et des princes

242r - 245r: Anonyme, Lettre d'Hippocrate à César

Script style/form
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 268
Height 335
Width 230
Illustrations Yes
Digitisation
Modern Editions Runte, Li Ystoire de la Male Marastre (Version M) (1974)
Catalogue http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/76183I Codici Ashburnhamiani Della R. Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana Di Firenze (1887)
Modern Research Literature Runte (1974)

Note

Contains miniatures throughout, and initials in red, gold, and blue ink.