Firenze Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ashburnham 52

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Fr4
Location	Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
Siglum/Shelfmark	Ashburnham 52 (cat. Ashburnham-Libri 125)
Page/Folio range	136v-162r

Textual Content and Tradition
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 Version M
└ 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)

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, Li Ystoire de la Male Marastre (Version M) (1974)

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

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1300 - 1350
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Runte (1974)

Physical Description
Material	Parchment (vellum)
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	268
Height	335
Width	230
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	Yes

Contents and Additional Texts
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

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/76183, I Codici Ashburnhamiani Della R. Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana Di Firenze (1887)
Modern Research Literature	Runte (1974)

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