London British Library Egerton 1995

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Eng3
Location	London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark	British Library Egerton 1995
Page/Folio range	3-54v

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	The Seven Sages of Rome
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)	Text E
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Brunner (1933), Campbell (1907), Whitelock (2005)

Languages
Language of text	English
Regional or specific Language of text	Middle English
Source for regional or specific Language of text	Brunner (1933), Whitelock (2005)

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions	Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933)

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	London
Date of Manuscript Production	1475/1500
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Brunner (1933), British Library catalogue: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7641&CollID=28&NStart=1995

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height	280
Width	195
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Verse
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	Miscellany of prose and verse, including ; the Seven Sages of Rome (3-54v); Gregory's Chronicle, a dietary (66-77); John Page's poem The Siege of Rouen; a chronicle of London, breaking off in 1470. Also: 'Properties that longyth to a yong gentylman', Latin prophesies, the 'sapienta physicorum' (attibuted to Lydgate) (77-79) , The Boke of Curtesy (55-58),

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Brunner (1933), Whitelock (2005)

Pattern of 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 Hancyllas Aper – The Boar and the Fruit 3 Empress   Medicus – The Doctor 4 Anxilles Ancilles Gaza – The Treasure 5 Empress   Puteus – The Well 6 Lentulus Lentilioun Senescalcus – The Seneschal 7 Empress   Tentamina – The Test 8 Malquidras Maladas Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels 9 Empress   Avis – The Bird 10 Cato Caton, Catoun Sapientes – The Wise Men 11 Empress   Vidua – The Widow 12 Jesse   Roma – Rome Beseiged 13 Empress   Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife 14 Maxencius Marcius Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process