Edinburgh National Library of Scotland MS. 16500 (Asloan Manuscript): Difference between revisions

There is a lacuna between Sapientes (the 11th story, told by the Empress) 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.

Authorship & Production

Scribe

John Asloan

Place of Production

Scotland

Date of Production

1513/1542

Source of Date of Production

NLS Catalogue website: https://manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories/2/resources/18684

Physical Description

Material

Paper

Total pages / folios

308

Height

406.5

Width

304.8

Prose or verse

Verse

Illustrations

No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

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.

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

https://digital.nls.uk/235163104 National Library of Scotland catalogue

Modern Research Literature

Cragie (1923), Van Buuren (1982)

Embedded Stories in This Manuscript

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator	Has Name Variation
Arbor – The Tree	1	Empress
Canis – The Faithful Dog	2	Bancillas	Bantillas
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Anxilles	Ancillas, Amipullas, Maxillas
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Lentulus	Lentalus
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Malcome	Maucundas
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Cato	Catone
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Cratone	Cratone

Research Material

Has Research Material Title	Has Research Material Link	Has Research Material Description

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 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
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 |Has Short Title=Medicus
 |Has Sequence Number=4
-|Has Narrator=Maxencius
+|Has Narrator=Anxilles
-|Has Name Variation=Maxillas, Ancillas, (Some confusion in the text)
+|Has Name Variation=Ancillas, Amipullas, Maxillas
 }}
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 |Has Sequence Number=6
 |Has Narrator=Lentulus
+|Has Name Variation=Lentalus
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 |Has Short Title=Tentamina
 |Has Sequence Number=8
-|Has Narrator=Malquidras
+|Has Narrator=Malcome
 |Has Name Variation=Maucundas
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 {{EmbeddedStory
-|Has Short Title=Avis
+|Has Short Title=Avis (and Gladius and Linteum)
 |Has Sequence Number=10
 |Has Narrator=Cato
+|Has Name Variation=Catone
 }}
 {{EmbeddedStory
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 |Has Sequence Number=14
 |Has Narrator=Cratone
+|Has Name Variation=Cratone
 }}
 {{EmbeddedStory
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 |Has Sequence Number=15
 |Has Narrator=Prince
+}}
+{{EmbeddedStory
+|Has Narrator=Ampustinus
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