London British Library MS. Egerton 2258

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Latin157
Location London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark MS. Egerton 2258
Page/Folio range 70r-81r
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Historia Septem Sapientum
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum) H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
Language Group within Version Latin Version H
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Excerpts in Gesta Romanorum
Further scholarly subgroup (1) Continental Group w
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text Lo
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Roth (2004)
Languages
Language of text Latin
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions Roth, Historia Septem Sapientum (2004)
Note
  • the folio range regards the excerpts of the Historia according to Roth; the Gesta Romanorum folio range is 16v-97r
  • includes opening frame narrative
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production 1450 - 1500
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Roth (2004)
Physical Description
Material
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height
Width
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Roth (2004)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript