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|Has Siglum=British Library Egerton 1995
|Has Siglum=British Library Egerton 1995
|Has Page Range=3-54v
|Has Page Range=3-54v
|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=The Seven Sages of Rome: English 'E' text
|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=The Seven Sages of Rome
|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A (Seven Sages)
|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A (Seven Sages)
|Has Language Group Within Version=Middle English Version A
|Has Language Group Within Version=Middle English Version A
|Has Narrative Or Scholarly Group Within Version=Y Group
|Has Narrative Or Scholarly Group Within Version=Y Group
|Has Further Primary Scholarly Subgroup=Southern English
|Has Further Primary Scholarly Subgroup=Southern English
|Has Further Secondary Scholarly Subgroup=Text E
|Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Brunner (1933); Campbell (1907); Whitelock (2005)
|Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Brunner (1933); Campbell (1907); Whitelock (2005)
|Has Place Of Production=London
|Has Place Of Production=London
|Has Date Of Production=1475-1500
|Has Date Of Production=1475-1500
|Has Start Date Of Production=1475
|Has End Date Of Production=1500
|Has Source For Date Of Production=Brunner (1933); British Library catalogue: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7641&CollID=28&NStart=1995
|Has Source For Date Of Production=Brunner (1933); British Library catalogue: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7641&CollID=28&NStart=1995
|Has Material=Paper
|Has Material=Paper

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Manuscript
Reference Number Eng3
Location London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark British Library Egerton 1995
Page/Folio range 3-54v
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)
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production London
Date of Manuscript Production 1475/1500
Source of date Manuscript Production Brunner (1933)British Library catalogue: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7641&CollID=28&NStart=1995
Material Paper
Language of Manuscript English
Regional or specific Language of Manuscript Middle English
Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript Brunner (1933)Whitelock (2005)
Prose or Verse Verse
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),
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height 280
Width 195
Illustrations No
Digitisation
Modern Editions Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933)
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Brunner (1933)Whitelock (2005)
General Notes (Internal) Large initials in red throughout the manuscript. Text not fully digitised; online record at the British Library website: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7641&CollID=28&NStart=1995

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Short StorySequence NumberNarratorName Variations
Arbor1Empress
Canis2Bancillas
Aper3Empress
Medicus4Ancilles
Gaza5Empress
Puteus6Lentulus
Senescalcus7Empress
Tentamina8Malquidras
Virgilius9Empress
Avis10Cato
Sapientes11Empress
Vidua12Jesse
Roma13Empress
Inclusa14Maxencius
Vaticinium15Prince