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{{Manuscript
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|Has Reference Number=Eng4
|Has Reference Number=Eng4
|Has Location=Bodleian Library, Oxford
|Has Location=Oxford, Bodleian Library
|Has Siglum=Balliol College Library, Oxford MS. 354, "Richard Hill's Commonplace Book"
|Has Siglum=Balliol College Library, Oxford MS. 354, "Richard Hill's Commonplace Book"
|Has Content=The Seven Sages of Rome: Southern English 'B' text
|Has Page Range=39-112 (xviii r - liv v)
|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A* (Southern English, Y Group)
|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=The Seven Sages of Rome: English 'B' text
|Has Version Number=VEng1
|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 Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Brunner (1933); Whitelock (2005)
|Has Scribe=Richard Hill
|Has Scribe=Richard Hill
|Has Place Of Production=London
|Has Place Of Production=London
|Has Date Of Production=1501-1533
|Has Start Date Of Production=1501
|Has End Date Of Production=1533
|Has Source For Date Of Production=Brunner (1933)
|Has Material=paper
|Has Material=paper
|Has Language Of Manuscript=English
|Has Language Of Manuscript=English
|Has Language=Middle English
|Has Language=Middle English
|Has Source For Language=Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS, OUP, 1933
|Has Source For Language=Brunner (1933)
|Is Prose Or Verse=Verse
|Is Prose Or Verse=Verse
|Has Collation='Seven Sages p. 39-112 (xviii r - liv v, contemporary numeration) 'Memorandum book' of Richard Hill - includes 'Godfrydus of Rome,' prose treatises on the management of horses and on grafting, The Seige of Rone, family memoranda, Anglo-French vocabularly including a bilinguial version of the Boke of Curtasie, excerpts from Confessio Amantis, songs and carols, romances (Apollonius of Tyr), etc.
|Has Collation='Seven Sages', p. 39-112 (xviii r - liv v, contemporary numeration) 'Memorandum book' of Richard Hill - includes 'Godfrydus of Rome,' prose treatises on the management of horses and on grafting, The Seige of Rone, family memoranda, Anglo-French vocabularly including a bilinguial version of the Boke of Curtasie, excerpts from Confessio Amantis, songs and carols, romances (Apollonius of Tyr), etc.
|Has Total Pages In Manuscript=248
|Has Height=292
|Has Height=292
|Has Width=108
|Has Width=108
|Has Illustrations=No
|Has Illustrations=No
|Has Digitisation=https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/e0d10554-db39-4b58-a944-45da5e66248e/
|Has Digitisation=https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/e0d10554-db39-4b58-a944-45da5e66248e/
|Has Modern Research Literature=Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS, OUP, 1933
|Has Modern Edition=Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933)
|Has Modern Research Literature=Brunner (1933); Whitelock (2005)
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|Has Short Title=Arbor
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|Has Short Title=Puteus
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|Has Sequence Number=6
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|Has Short Title=Avis
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|Has Sequence Number=10
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|Has Sequence Number=11
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|Has Narrator=Empress
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|Has Short Title=Vidua
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|Has Sequence Number=12
|Has Narrator=Jesse (?)
|Has Narrator=Jesse
|Has Name Variation=Not named in text - presumed 'Jesse' from analogues
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Latest revision as of 13:59, 17 June 2024

Manuscript
Reference Number Eng4
Location Oxford, Bodleian Library
Siglum/Shelfmark Balliol College Library, Oxford MS. 354, "Richard Hill's Commonplace Book"
Page/Folio range 39-112 (xviii r - liv v)
Standardised title of narrative The Seven Sages of Rome: English 'B' text
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum) A (Seven Sages)
Language Group within Version Middle English Version A
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Y Group
Further scholarly subgroup (1) Southern English
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Brunner (1933)Whitelock (2005)
Scribe Richard Hill
Author
Place of Manuscript Production London
Date of Manuscript Production 1501 - 1533
Source of date Manuscript Production Brunner (1933)
Material Paper
Language of Manuscript English
Regional or specific Language of Manuscript Middle English
Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript Brunner (1933)
Prose or Verse Verse
Other texts in the Manuscript 'Seven Sages', p. 39-112 (xviii r - liv v, contemporary numeration) 'Memorandum book' of Richard Hill - includes 'Godfrydus of Rome,' prose treatises on the management of horses and on grafting, The Seige of Rone, family memoranda, Anglo-French vocabularly including a bilinguial version of the Boke of Curtasie, excerpts from Confessio Amantis, songs and carols, romances (Apollonius of Tyr), etc.
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 248
Height 292
Width 108
Illustrations No
Digitisation https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/e0d10554-db39-4b58-a944-45da5e66248e/
Modern Editions Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933)
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Brunner (1933)Whitelock (2005)
General Notes (Internal)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Short StorySequence NumberNarratorName Variations
Arbor1Empress
Canis2Bancillas
Aper3Empress
Medicus4Ancilles
Gaza5Empress
Puteus6Lentulus
Senescalcus7Empress
Tentamina8Malquidras
Virgilius9Empress
Avis10Cato
Sapientes11Empress
Vidua12JesseNot named in text - presumed 'Jesse' from analogues
Roma13Empress
Inclusa14Maxencius
Vaticinium15Prince