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Manuscript Identification

Reference Number

Latin212

Location

Dublin, Trinity College Library

Siglum / Shelfmark

IE TCD MS 677 (formerly Lyon: F.5.3)

Page / Folio range

42-54

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative

Historia Septem Sapientum

Incipit or textual title

Hic incipiunt quindecim fabule filii imperatoris. Rome erat quidam imperator cui nomen erat Dioclicianus...

Version (siglum)

A (Seven Sages)

Language Group within Version

Latin Version A

Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version

Latin Version A: De Septem Sapientibus

Languages

Language of text

Latin

Digitisation & Editions

Digitisation

https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/gh93h656j

Authorship & Production

Scribe

Donald O Mechlaynd

Place of Production

County Clare, Ireland

Date of Production

1450 - 1500

Source of Date of Production

TCD catalogue: https://stella.catalogue.tcd.ie/iii/encore/record/C Rb20677696?lang=eng (TCD catalogue: https://stella.catalogue.tcd.ie/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20677696?lang=eng)

Physical Description

Material

Parchment

Total pages / folios

254

Height

214

Width

113

Script style / form

Semicurrent

Prose or verse

Prose

Illustrations

No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

See TCD catalogue for details

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

TCD catalogue: https://stella.catalogue.tcd.ie/iii/encore/record/C Rb20677696?lang=eng (TCD catalogue: https://stella.catalogue.tcd.ie/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20677696?lang=eng)

Embedded Stories in This Manuscript

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator
Arbor – The Tree	1	Empress
Canis – The Faithful Dog	2	First Master
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Second Master
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Third Master
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Fourth Master
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Fifth Master
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	12	Sixth Master
Roma – Rome Besieged	13	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Seventh Master

Research Material

Has Research Material Title	Has Research Material Link	Has Research Material Description

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 |Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A (Seven Sages)
 |Has Language Group Within Version=Latin Version A
+|Has Narrative Or Scholarly Group Within Version=Latin Version A: De Septem Sapientibus
+|Has Language=Latin
+|Has Digitisation=https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/gh93h656j
 |Has Scribe=Donald O Mechlaynd
 |Has Place Of Production=County Clare, Ireland
 |Has Start Date Of Production=1450
 |Has End Date Of Production=1500
-|Has Source For Date Of Production=TCD catalogue: https://stella.catalogue.tcd.ie/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20677696?lang=eng
+|Is Date Uncertain=No
+|Has Source For Date Of Production=TCD catalogue: https://stella.catalogue.tcd.ie/iii/encore/record/C Rb20677696?lang=eng (TCD catalogue: https://stella.catalogue.tcd.ie/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20677696?lang=eng)
 |Has Material=Parchment
-|Has Language=Latin
-|Has Literary Form=Prose
-|Has Collation=See TCD catalogue for details
-|Has Script Style=Semicurrent
 |Has Total Pages In Manuscript=254
 |Has Height=214
 |Has Width=113
+|Has Script Style=Semicurrent
+|Has Literary Form=Prose
 |Has Illustrations=No
-|Has Digitisation=https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/gh93h656j
+|Has Collation=See TCD catalogue for details
-|Has Modern Research Literature=Greene (1944)
+|Has Catalogue=TCD catalogue: https://stella.catalogue.tcd.ie/iii/encore/record/C Rb20677696?lang=eng (TCD catalogue: https://stella.catalogue.tcd.ie/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20677696?lang=eng)
-|Has Catalogue=TCD catalogue: https://stella.catalogue.tcd.ie/iii/encore/record/C__Rb20677696?lang=eng
-|Has Note=Greene notes the parallels between this text, and the (much later) Gaelic text, and suggests that this may be a source for the Gaelic. See [[Greene (1944)|Green (1944)]].
 }}
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