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|Has Location=Cambridge University Library
|Has Location=Cambridge University Library
|Has Siglum=Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38
|Has Siglum=Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38
|Has Content=The Seven Sages of Rome: Southern English 'F' text
|Has Page Range=134r-156v
|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 'F' 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=Whitelock (2005)
|Has Place Of Production=England
|Has Place Of Production=England
|Has Date Of Production=1400-1500
|Has Date Of Production=1400-1500
|Has Source For Date Of Production=British Library websKarl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS, OUP, 1933
|Has Start Date Of Production=1400
|Has End Date Of Production=1500
|Has Source For Date Of Production=Brunner (1933); Whitelock (2005); British Library website
|Has Material=Paper
|Has Material=Paper
|Has Language Of Manuscript=English
|Has Language Of Manuscript=English
|Has Language=Middle English
|Has Language=Middle English
|Is Prose Or Verse=Verse
|Is Prose Or Verse=Verse
|Has Collation=ff. 134r - 156v; follows a copy of Bevis of Hampton. Also contained in the MS are other English prose and verse, some religious and didactic (e.g. [Th]e lyfe of Seynt Kateryn, How the goode man taught hys sone) others secular (fabliaux, romances, etc.: The Erle of Tolous, Syr Egyllamoure of Artas, Syr Tryamowre, Octavian, Guy of Warwick, Le Bone Florence of Rome, Robert of Sicily, Sir Degare).
|Has Collation=The Seven Sages follows a copy of Bevis of Hampton. Also contained in the MS are other English prose and verse, some religious and didactic (e.g. [Th]e lyfe of Seynt Kateryn, How the goode man taught hys sone) others secular (fabliaux, romances, etc.: The Erle of Tolous, Syr Egyllamoure of Artas, Syr Tryamowre, Octavian, Guy of Warwick, Le Bone Florence of Rome, Robert of Sicily, Sir Degare).
|Has Illustrations=No
|Has Illustrations=No
|Has Modern Research Literature=McSparran, Frances and P.R. Robinson, eds. Cambridge University Library MS Ff.2.38. London: The Scolar Press, 1979.
|Has Modern Edition=Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933)
|Has Modern Research Literature=Brunner (1933); McSparran (1979)
|Has Note=Unlike the other texts that contain the Southern English version of The Seven Sages, this MS has an different story order (Puteus instead of Canis as the second story, Tentamina instead of Medicus as the fourth, Vidua instead of Puteus as the fifth, Canis and Medicus as the 8th and 12th stories). Additionally, Senescalcus and Virgilius are wholly absent. In their place are stories that Brunner titled 'Parricida' (story 7) and 'Armiger' (story 9).
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|Has Short Title=Puteus
|Has Short Title=Puteus
|Has Sequence Number=2
|Has Sequence Number=2
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|Has Narrator=Bancillas
|Has Name Variation=Hancyllas
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|Has Short Title=Gaza
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|Has Sequence Number=5
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|Has Short Title=Parricida
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|Has Sequence Number=7
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|Has Short Title=Sapientes
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|Has Sequence Number=11
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Unlike the other texts that contain the Southern English version of The Seven Sages, this MS has an different story order (Puteus instead of Canis as the second story, Tentamina instead of Medicus as the fourth, Vidua instead of Puteus as the fifth, Canis and Medicus as the 8th and 12th stories). Additionally, Senescalcus and Virgilius are wholly absent. In their place are stories that Brunner titled 'Parricida' (story 7) and 'Armiger' (story 9).

Latest revision as of 07:44, 20 August 2024

Manuscript
Reference Number Eng5
Location Cambridge University Library
Siglum/Shelfmark Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38
Page/Folio range 134r-156v
Standardised title of narrative The Seven Sages of Rome: English 'F' 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 Whitelock (2005)
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production England
Date of Manuscript Production 1400 - 1500
Source of date Manuscript Production Brunner (1933), Whitelock (2005), British Library website
Material Paper
Language of Manuscript English
Regional or specific Language of Manuscript Middle English
Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript
Prose or Verse Verse
Other texts in the Manuscript The Seven Sages follows a copy of Bevis of Hampton. Also contained in the MS are other English prose and verse, some religious and didactic (e.g. [Th]e lyfe of Seynt Kateryn, How the goode man taught hys sone) others secular (fabliaux, romances, etc.: The Erle of Tolous, Syr Egyllamoure of Artas, Syr Tryamowre, Octavian, Guy of Warwick, Le Bone Florence of Rome, Robert of Sicily, Sir Degare).
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height
Width
Illustrations No
Digitisation
Modern Editions Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933)
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Brunner (1933), McSparran (1979)
General Notes (Internal)

Note

Unlike the other texts that contain the Southern English version of The Seven Sages, this MS has an different story order (Puteus instead of Canis as the second story, Tentamina instead of Medicus as the fourth, Vidua instead of Puteus as the fifth, Canis and Medicus as the 8th and 12th stories). Additionally, Senescalcus and Virgilius are wholly absent. In their place are stories that Brunner titled 'Parricida' (story 7) and 'Armiger' (story 9).

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Short StorySequence NumberNarratorName Variations
Arbor1Empress
Puteus2BancillasHancyllas
Aper3Empress
Tentamina4Ancilles
Gaza5Empress
Vidua6Lentulus
Parricida7Empress
Canis8
Armiger9Empress
Avis10Cato
Sapientes11Empress
Medicus12Jesse
Roma13Empress
Inclusa14Maxencius
Vaticinium15Prince









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