Brussel Koninklijke Bibliotheek 9245: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:24, 17 March 2025

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Fr33
Location	Brussel, Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Siglum/Shelfmark	9245
Page/Folio range	1ra-17rc

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Sept Sages de Rome
Incipit or textual title	Ci commence li livres des VII sages de Romme et de Marques le seneschal, et aprés de Laurin et de Cassydorus, et de Pelyarmemis, et aprés li fait des empereeurs de Romme et de Coustantinoble. A Romme ot jadis I empereour qui ot non Dyocleciens. Il ot femme et de celle femme…
Version (siglum)	Overlap of Versions A and L
└ Language Group within Version	French A/L Overlap
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)	Text B4
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014)

Languages
Language of text	Old French
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	https://uurl.kbr.be/1934974
Modern Editions	Plomp, De Middelnederlandsche bewerking van het gedicht van den VII Vroeden van binnen Rome (1899), Runte, Les sept sages de Rome: An On-Line Edition of French Version A (2006)

Note
Note: This text is critically designated as part of the Version A group (Runte, JONAS, Arlima, Foerh-Janssens, Speer, etc.). However, it contains one of the additional 'L' stories, ''Noverca''. The empress tells this story after judgement (and, in this text, trial by combat) has already occurred. She tells it, she says, to illustrate her hopes - that her husband would believe her over his son.

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	France (Nord)
Date of Manuscript Production	1300 - 1350
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/2962

Physical Description
Material	Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	593
Height	405
Width	295
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	Yes

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	1r - 17r: Sept sages de Rome 17 - 60v: Marques de Rome 60v - 184v: Laurin, fils de Marques le Sénéchal 184v - 296r: Cassidorus 296r - 348v: Helcanus 348v - 482r: Pelyarmenus 482r - 593v: Kanor

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	J. Marchal, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale des ducs de Bourgogne publié par ordre du ministre de l'Intérieur, Bruxelles et Leipzig, Muquardt, 1842, 3 t. (ici t. 1, p. 185, no 9245): https://archive.org/details/cataloguedesman01brus, KBR: https://opac.kbr.be/Library/doc/SYRACUSE/16453139
Modern Research Literature	Runte (1974), Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Coco (2016), Speer (1981), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Berne-Aïache (1966), Le Roux de Lincy (1838), Paris (1876)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

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 |Has Source For Date Of Production=Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/2962
 |Has Material=Parchment
-|Has Language Of Manuscript=Old French
+|Has Language=Old French
-|Is Prose Or Verse=Prose
+|Has Literary Form=Prose
-|Has Collation=1r - 17r: Sept sages de Rome
+|Has Collation=* 1r - 17r: Sept sages de Rome
+* 17 - 60v: Marques de Rome
-- 60v: Marques de Rome
+* 60v - 184v: Laurin, fils de Marques le Sénéchal
+* 184v - 296r: Cassidorus
-v - 184v: Laurin, fils de Marques le Sénéchal
+* 296r - 348v: Helcanus
+* 348v - 482r: Pelyarmenus
-v - 296r: Cassidorus
+* 482r - 593v: Kanor
-r - 348v: Helcanus
-v - 482r: Pelyarmenus
-r - 593v: Kanor
 |Has Total Pages In Manuscript=593
 |Has Height=405
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 |Has Modern Research Literature=Runte (1974); Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014); Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984); Coco (2016); Speer (1981); Foehr-Janssens (1994); Berne-Aïache (1966); Le Roux de Lincy (1838); Paris (1876)
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+|Has Note=Note: This text is critically designated as part of the Version A group (Runte, JONAS, Arlima, Foerh-Janssens, Speer, etc.). However, it contains one of the additional 'L' stories, <nowiki>''</nowiki>Noverca<nowiki>''</nowiki>. The empress tells this story after judgement (and, in this text, trial by combat) has already occurred. She tells it, she says, to illustrate her hopes - that her husband would believe her over his son.
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-Note: This text is critically designated as part of the Version A group (Runte, JONAS, Arlima, Foerh-Janssens, Speer, etc.). However, it contains one of the additional 'L' stories, ''Noverca''. The empress tells this story after judgement (and, in this text, trial by combat) has already occurred. She tells it, she says, to illustrate her hopes - that her husband would believe her over his son.