Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 19166

Manuscript Identification

Reference Number

Fr38

Location

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France

Siglum / Shelfmark

Français 19166 (formerly Saint-Germain français 1672)

Page / Folio range

1r-30r

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative

Sept Sages de Rome

Incipit or textual title

A Romme fut ung empereur nommé Dioclecien lequel fut marié moult noblement

Version (siglum)

L (Sept Sages de Rome)

Language Group within Version

French Version L

Source for textual relationship

Foehr-Janssens (1994), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)

Languages

Language of text

Old French

Digitisation & Editions

Digitisation

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90633265

Modern Editions

Le Roux de Lincy, Roman des Sept Sages de Rome (1838)

Authorship & Production

Date of Production

1200 - 1300

Source of Date of Production

Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4261, BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc483762

Physical Description

Material

Parchment

Total pages / folios

200

Height

272

Width

177

Prose or verse

Prose

Illustrations

Yes

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

1r-30r: Li livres des VII sages de Rome, version L
31r-117v: Li romanz de Marques, le filz Chaton
117bis ra-186va: Gautier de Coinci, Les miracles de Nostre Dame
186vb-200vb: Wace, La vie Nostre Damne

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc483762

Modern Research Literature

Le Roux de Lincy (1838), Paris (1876), Brereton (1953), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Busby (2002), Berne-Aïache (1966), Berne-Aïache (1977), Gilleland (1981), Maulu (2016), Roques (1983), Speer (1981), Speer (1989)

Research Material

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