View source for Edinburgh National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 19.2.1 (Auchinleck Manuscript)

{{Manuscript
|Has Reference Number=Eng1
|Has Location=Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland
|Has Siglum='Auchinleck' MS, Advocates MS 19.2.1
|Has Page Range=85r-99v
|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=The Seven Sages of Rome
|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A (Seven Sages)
|Has Language Group Within Version=Middle English Version A
|Has Narrative Or Scholarly Group Within Version=Y Group
|Has Further Primary Scholarly Subgroup=Southern English
|Has Further Secondary Scholarly Subgroup=Text A
|Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Whitelock (2005); Brunner (1933)
|Has Language=English
|Has Regional Language=Middle English
|Has Digitisation=https://auchinleck.nls.uk/index.html
|Has Modern Edition=Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933); Wiggins, The Auchinleck Manuscript (2003)
|Has Place Of Production=London
|Has Start Date Of Production=1331
|Has End Date Of Production=1340
|Has Source For Date Of Production=Wiggins, The Auchinleck Manuscript (2003)
|Has Material=Parchment
|Has Total Pages In Manuscript=331
|Has Height=250
|Has Width=190
|Has Literary Form=Verse
|Has Illustrations=No
|Has Collation=The Seven Sages text appears in fols 85 r - 99 v; fragmentary: missing c. 1400 lines. 

'''MS contents:''' 

* The Legend of Pope Gregory (1r-6v)
* The King of Tars (7ra-13vb)
* The Life of Adam and Eve (1ra-2vb; 14ra-16rb)
* Seynt Mergrete (16rb-21ra)
* Seynt Katerine (21ra-24vb)
* St Patrick's Purgatory (25ra-31vb)
* þe Desputisoun Bitven þe Bodi and þe Soule (31vb-35ra stub)
* The Harrowing of Hell (35rb-?37rb or 37va stub)
* The Clerk who would see the Virgin (37rb or 37va stub-38vb)
* Speculum Gy de Warewyke (39ra-?48rb stub)
* Amis and Amiloun (?48rb stub-?61va stub)
* The Life of St Mary Magdalene (?61Ava stub-65vb)
* The Nativity and Early Life of Mary (65vb-69va)
* On the Seven Deadly Sins (70ra-72ra)
* The Paternoster (72ra-?72rb or ?72va stub)
* The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (?72rb or ?72va stub-78ra)
* Sir Degare (78rb-?84rb stub)
* The Seven Sages of Rome (?84rb stub-99vb)
* Floris and Blancheflour (100ra-104vb)
* The Sayings of the Four Philosophers (105ra-105rb)
* The Battle Abbey Roll (105v-107r)
* Guy of Warwick (couplets) (108ra-146vb)
* Guy of Warwick (stanzas) (145vb-167rb)
* Reinbroun (167rb-175vb)
* Sir Beues of Hamtoun (176ra-201ra)
* Of Arthour & of Merlin (201rb-256vb)
* þe Wenche þat Loved þe King (256vb-256A thin stub)
* A Peniworþ of Witt (256A stub-259rb)
* How Our Lady's Sauter was First Found (259rb-260vb)
* Lay le Freine (261ra-262)
* Roland and Vernagu (?262va stub-267vb)
* Otuel a Knight (268ra-277vb)
* Kyng Alisaunder (L f.1ra-vb; S A.15 f.1ra-2vb; L f.2ra-vb; ff.278-9)
* The Thrush and the Nightingale (279va-vb)
* The Sayings of St Bernard (280ra)
* Dauid þe King (280rb-280vb)
* Sir Tristrem (281ra-299A thin stub)
* Sir Orfeo (299A stub-303ra)
* The Four Foes of Mankind (303rb-303vb)
* The Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle (304ra-317rb)
* Horn Childe & Maiden Rimnild (317va-323vb
* Alphabetical Praise of Women (324ra-325vb)
* King Richard (326; E f.3ra-vb; S R.4 f.1ra-2vb; E f.4ra-vb; f.327)
* þe Simonie (328r-334v)
|Has Modern Research Literature=Brunner (1933); Heltveit (1964); Whitelock (2005); Wiggins (2003); Bonsall (2024); Bonsall and Piercy (2025)
|Has Note='Roma' is fragmentary; text is missing final stories and conclusion.
}}
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