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Revision as of 12:03, 19 January 2024

Manuscript
Reference Number Eng2
Location British Library, London
Siglum/Shelfmark Arundel 140, ff. 152r-165v
Page/Folio range
Standardised title of narrative
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum) A
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 Jill Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version), EETS O.S. 324, OUP, 2005.
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production England
Date of Manuscript Production
Source of date Manuscript Production British Library website: https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Arundel_MS_140. Also, Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS O.S. 191, OUP, 1933
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 Fragmentary; only part of the narrative is present (missing the first 950 lines, so includes Medicus - Vaticinium). Contained in the first part of the MS (ff. 1-165) which contains a collection of legendary and devotional works in Middle English, including the Legend of Ipotis, The Prick of Conscience, Speculum Gy de Warwyke, and Mandeville's Travels; followed by Chaucer's Tale of Melibee.
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height 290
Width 215
Illustrations No
Digitisation https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Arundel_MS_140
Modern Editions
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Brunner (1933)Whitelock (2005)Campbell (1907)
General Notes (Internal)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Short StorySequence NumberNarratorName Variations
Medicus4Ancilles
Gaza5Empress
Puteus6Lentulus
Senescalcus7Empress
Tentamina8Malquidras
Virgilius9Empress
Avis10Cato
Sapientes11Empress
Vidua12Jesse
Roma13Empress
Inclusa14Maxencius
Vaticinium15Prince








Opening narration and stories 1-3 are missing from this MS