London British Library Egerton 1995

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Eng3
Location London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark British Library Egerton 1995
Page/Folio range 3-54v
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative The Seven Sages of Rome
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum) A (Seven Sages)
Language Group within Version Middle English Version A
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Y Group
Further scholarly subgroup (1) Southern English
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text E
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Brunner (1933)Campbell (1907)Whitelock (2005)
Languages
Language of text English
Regional or specific Language of text Middle English
Source for regional or specific Language of text Brunner (1933)Whitelock (2005)
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933)
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production London
Date of Manuscript Production 1475/1500
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Brunner (1933)British Library catalogue: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7641&CollID=28&NStart=1995
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height 280
Width 195
Script style/form
Prose or verse Verse
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript Miscellany of prose and verse, including ; the Seven Sages of Rome (3-54v); Gregory's Chronicle, a dietary (66-77); John Page's poem The Siege of Rouen; a chronicle of London, breaking off in 1470. Also: 'Properties that longyth to a yong gentylman', Latin prophesies, the 'sapienta physicorum' (attibuted to Lydgate) (77-79) , The Boke of Curtesy (55-58),
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Brunner (1933)Whitelock (2005)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript