View source for National Library of Scotland MS. 16500, Asloan Manuscript

{{Manuscript
|Has Reference Number=Scots1
|Has Location=Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland
|Has Siglum=Asloan Manuscript, MS 16500
|Has Page Range=167-210
|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=The Seven Sages of Rome: English/Scots 'As' text ("The Buke of The Sevyne Sagis")
|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A (Seven Sages)
|Has Language Group Within Version=Older Scots Version A
|Was Translated Or Adapted From=Old French Version A
|Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=NLS Catalogue website: https://manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories/2/resources/18684
|Has Scribe=John Asloan
|Has Place Of Production=Scotland
|Has Date Of Production=1513-1542
|Has Start Date Of Production=1513
|Has End Date Of Production=1542
|Has Source For Date Of Production=NLS Catalogue website: https://manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories/2/resources/18684
|Has Material=Paper
|Has Language Of Manuscript=Scots
|Has Language=Middle Scots
|Has Source For Language=NLS Catalogue website: https://manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories/2/resources/18684
|Is Prose Or Verse=Verse
|Has Collation=Over 100 Scottish texts dating from around 1400 to 1700; poetry, drama, and prose by major Scottish writers such as John Barbour, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, and George Buchanan. 

Contents: 
Of penance and confession. 
The buke of the chess. 
The cart of the warld. 
The porteous of noblenes. 
The Scottis originale. 
Part of the Ynglis cronikle. 
Ane schort memoriale. 
The Scottis cronikle. The spectacle of luf. The sex weekdayis and agis. The buke of the sevyne sagis. The justis betuix the talzeour and the sowtar. Off the fenzeit fals frere of Tungland. The buke of the howlat. The talis of the fyve bestis. The tale of the twa mys. The maner of the crying of ane playe. The tale of Orpheus and Eurdices his quene. The buke of the thre prestis of Peblis. The contemplacioun of synnaris. The passioun of Jhesu. Ane ballat of Our Lady. The maying and disport of Chauceir. Divers ballatis of Our Ladye.
|Has Total Pages In Manuscript=308
|Has Height=406.5
|Has Width=304.8
|Has Illustrations=No
|Has Digitisation=https://digital.nls.uk/235163104
|Has Modern Research Literature=Cragie (1923); Van Buuren (1982)
|Has Note=There is a lacuna between Sapientes (the 10th story) and Inclusa; according to Catherine van Buuren (1982), this likely included the sixth sage's tale, and the Empress's reponse to it. 

Unlike the Middle English versions, the Older Scots text includes the gender-reveal at the end of the text.
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{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Arbor
|Has Sequence Number=1
|Has Narrator=Empress
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{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Canis
|Has Sequence Number=2
|Has Narrator=Bancillas
|Has Name Variation=Bantillas
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{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Aper
|Has Sequence Number=3
|Has Narrator=Empress
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{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Medicus
|Has Sequence Number=4
|Has Narrator=Maxencius
|Has Name Variation=Maxillas, Ancillas, (Some confusion in the text)
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{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Gaza
|Has Sequence Number=5
|Has Narrator=Empress
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{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Puteus
|Has Sequence Number=6
|Has Narrator=Lentulus
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{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Senescalcus
|Has Sequence Number=7
|Has Narrator=Empress
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{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Tentamina
|Has Sequence Number=8
|Has Narrator=Malquidras
|Has Name Variation=Maucundas
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{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Virgilius
|Has Sequence Number=9
|Has Narrator=Empress
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{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Avis
|Has Sequence Number=10
|Has Narrator=Cato
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{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Sapientes
|Has Sequence Number=11
|Has Narrator=Empress
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{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Inclusa
|Has Sequence Number=14
|Has Narrator=Cratone
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{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Vaticinium
|Has Sequence Number=15
|Has Narrator=Prince
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