University of Pennsylvania Library Ms. Codex 931

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Fr42
Location	Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Library, Kislak Center for Special Collections
Siglum/Shelfmark	Ms. Codex 931
Page/Folio range	1r-34r

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)

Languages
Language of text	Old French
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p31v5bf56
Modern Editions	Le Roux de Lincy, Roman des Sept Sages de Rome (1838)

Note
Zacour and Hirsch suggest the text was written 'ca. 1350'. Note: JONAS (http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/49948) indicates this is part of Version A, rather than L, but this is not supported by other scholarship (Maulu, Foerh-Janssens, Berne-Aïache). Parts of this text are missing. Maulu (2016) notes: 'Il testo ha inizio subito dopo l’inizio del racconto Canis, cui seguono nell’ordine Aper c. 3r, Medicus c. 4v, Gaza c. 7r, Puteus c. 10r, Senescalcus c. 12v, Tentamina c. 14v (lacuna fra le cc. 16–17), Virgilius c. 18v, Avis c. 21r, manca la c. 23 e le cc. 24–25 seguono la c. 29, Noverca' (p. 423).

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1325 - 1375
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Zacour and Hirsch (1965)

Physical Description
Material	Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	139
Height	175
Width	117
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	1r-34r: Roman de sept sages de Rome. f.39r-142v: Roman de Mark de Rome.

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	UPenn: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p31v5bf56
Modern Research Literature	Le Roux de Lincy (1838), Paris (1876), Runte (1989), Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Speer (1981), Speer (1989), Berne-Aïache (1966), Berne-Aïache (1977), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Maulu (2016), Gilleland (1981), Roques (1983), Brereton (1953), Zacour and Hirsch (1965), JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/49948

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript