London British Library Add. MS. 18922

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	LatinDolopathos6
Location	London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark	Add. MS. 18922
Page/Folio range	61rb-146rb

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Dolopathos
Incipit or textual title	Incipit prologus in tractatum Lucinius apellatum
Version (siglum)	Dolopathos
└ Language Group within Version	Latin Dolopathos
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)	Text M
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Losert (2008)

Languages
Language of text	Latin
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions	Hilka, Johannes de Alta Silva: Dolopathos sive De rege et septem sapientibus (1913), Oesterley, Johannes de Alta Silva: Dolopathos sive De rege et septem sapientibus (1873)

Note
the prologue is not identical to the Praefatiuncula or to the following prologue in Luxembourg Bibliothèque Nationale Ms. 110 (see Losert 2008, p. 115-16) the manuscript was not available to Hilka but a detailed description by Ward (1893)

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1400 - 1500
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Losert (2008)

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

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	mainly texts with spiritual-edifying topics (see Losert 2008, p. 115)

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Losert (2008), Ward (1893)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Has Short Title Has Sequence Number Has Narrator Has Name Variation Canis – The Faithful Dog 1 First Master   Gaza – The Treasure 2 Second Master   Senes 3 Third Master   Creditor 4 Fourth Master   Viduae Filius 5 Fifth Master   Latronis Filii 6 Sixth Master   Polyphemus 7 Sixth Master   Striges – The Bandit and the Demons 8 Sixth Master   Cygni 9 Seventh Master   Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process