Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 5586

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Fr20
Location Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Siglum/Shelfmark 5586 (formerly Regius 10024)
Page/Folio range 86-199
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Sept Sages de Rome
Incipit or textual title Il fut jadis ung empereur a Romme qui fut preulx et vaillant, lequel fut appellé par son droit nom Poncianus…
Version (siglum) A (Seven Sages)
Language Group within Version French Version A
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Group X
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text U
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014)
Languages
Language of text Old French
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions Runte, Les sept sages de Rome: An On-Line Edition of French Version A (2006)
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Grenoble
Date of Manuscript Production 1477
Source of Date of Manuscript Production JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/72318)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 119
Height 310
Width 213
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • 1r-88v: Jean de Mandeville, Le treicté de Mandeville
  • 89-119: Le roman des Sept Sages de Rome
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue Bibliothèque nationale. Département des manuscrits. Catalogue des manuscrits français. Tome cinquième: Ancien fonds, nos 5526-6170, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1902: https://archive.org/details/p1cataloguegnr05bibluoftArlima: https://arlima.net/no/8755JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/72318)
Modern Research Literature Le Roux de Lincy (1838)Coco (2016)Berne-Aïache (1966)Runte (1971)Runte (1974)Runte (1989)Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)Speer (1981)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript