London British Library Additional MS 15685

Manuscript Identification

Reference Number

Latin215

Location

London, British Library

Siglum / Shelfmark

Additional MS 15685

Page / Folio range

83-97

Textual Content & Tradition

Incipit or textual title

Incipit liber septem philosophorum cuiusdam Imperatoris Romani, Eiusque scientifici et sapientissimi filij. Eiusdemque Imperatoris nequissime secunde uxoris

Version (siglum)

I (Versio Italica)

Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version

Versio Italica historiae septem sapientum (L)

Languages

Language of text

Latin

Note

As of July 2025, the British Library is still affected by a hack and the MS is unavailable as it has not been digitalised. Ward (1893) has a good overview, including folio numbers for each of the stories.

Entered by Ava Byrne

Authorship & Production

Place of Production

Italy

Date of Production

1375 - 1425

Source of Date of Production

D'Agostino (2022)

Physical Description

Material

Parchment (vellum)

Prose or verse

Prose

Illustrations

Yes

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

The Moralised Book of Chess by Jacobus de Cessolis in Latin, f. 1

Libellus moralis Senece, etc. f. 47b

Book on the Cardinal Virtues in Italian, f. 51

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

Modern Research Literature

Ward (1893), Campbell (1907)

Embedded Stories in This Manuscript

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator
Canis – The Faithful Dog	1	First Master
Arbor – The Tree	2	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	3	Second Master
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	4	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	5	Third Master
Sapientes – The Wise Men	6	Empress
Avis – The Bird	7	Fourth Master
Gaza – The Treasure	8	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	9	Fifth Master
Roma – Rome Besieged	10	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	11	Sixth Master
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	12	Empress
Puteus – The Well	13	Seventh Master

Research Material

Has Research Material Title	Has Research Material Link	Has Research Material Description