Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 24431

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Fr40
Location	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Siglum/Shelfmark	Français 24431
Page/Folio range	74-92

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Sept Sages de Rome
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum)	L (Sept Sages de Rome)
└ Language Group within Version	French Version L
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Foehr-Janssens (1994), Maulu (2016), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)

Languages
Language of text	Old French
Regional or specific Language of text	Old French (nord)
Source for regional or specific Language of text	JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/45921

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10033611r
Modern Editions	Le Roux de Lincy, Roman des Sept Sages de Rome (1838)

Note
NOTE: this text is listed as part of Version A in JONAS, but in all other studies appears to be part of L.

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	France (Nord)
Date of Manuscript Production	1278 - 1300
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/45921

Physical Description
Material	Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	189
Height	305
Width	215
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	1 – 2: Jean de Garencières, Poème 2ra - 25vb : Alart de Cambrai, Moralités des philosophes 26 – 26: Annales françaises de 1180 à 1254 29 – 38: Chronique abrégée des rois de France jusqu'à 1215 39vb - 53vb : Chronique du Pseudo-Turpin (version I) 54v - 71r: Chronique des ducs de Normandie 54 – 54: Histoire de Tancrède de Hauteville 74 - 92: Sept sages de Rome 93 – 146: Marques de Rome 157 – 159: Miroir du monde 159rb - 160vb: Enseignement pieux 160v - 160v: Miroir du monde 161r - 167r: Philippe de Novare, Quatre âges de l'homme 167v – 169: Lettre du prêtre Jean 169 - 179v: Doctrine de l'Eglise 180 - 189v: Thibaut, Roman de la poire

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc532407
Modern Research Literature	Le Roux de Lincy (1838), Paris (1876), Berne-Aïache (1966), Berne-Aïache (1977), Brereton (1953), Speer (1981), Speer (1989), Runte (1971), Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Maulu (2016), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Gilleland (1981), Roques (1983), Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/2943

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript