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|Has Location=Oxford, Bodleian Library | |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 Page Range=pp. 39-112 (ff. xviii r - liv v) | |||
|Has Content=The Seven Sages of Rome: English 'B' text | |Has Content=The Seven Sages of Rome: English 'B' text | ||
|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A | |Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A | ||
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|Has Source For Language=Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS O.S. 191, OUP, 1933 | |Has Source For Language=Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS O.S. 191, OUP, 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 | ||
Revision as of 11:02, 22 January 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 | pp. 39-112 (ff. xviii r - liv v) | ||
| 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 | Karl Brunner, The Seven of Rome (Southern Version), EETS O.S. 191, OUP, 1933, Jill Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version), EETS O.S. 324, OUP, 2005. | ||
| Scribe | Richard Hill | ||
| Author | |||
| Place of Manuscript Production | London | ||
| Date of Manuscript Production | |||
| Source of date Manuscript Production | |||
| Material | Paper | ||
| Language of Manuscript | English | ||
| Regional or specific Language of Manuscript | Middle English | ||
| Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript | Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS O.S. 191, OUP, 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 | |||
| Catalogue | |||
| Modern Research Literature | Brunner (1933), Whitelock (2005) | ||
| General Notes (Internal) | |||
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
| Short Story | Sequence Number | Narrator | Name Variations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor | 1 | Empress | |
| Canis | 2 | Bancillas | |
| Aper | 3 | Empress | |
| Medicus | 4 | Ancilles | |
| Gaza | 5 | Empress | |
| Puteus | 6 | Lentulus | |
| Senescalcus | 7 | Empress | |
| Tentamina | 8 | Malquidras | |
| Virgilius | 9 | Empress | |
| Avis | 10 | Cato | |
| Sapientes | 11 | Empress | |
| Vidua | 12 | Jesse | Not named in text - presumed 'Jesse' from analogues |
| Roma | 13 | Empress | |
| Inclusa | 14 | Maxencius | |
| Vaticinium | 15 | Prince |
