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{{Manuscript
{{Manuscript
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|Has Reference Number=Eng1
|Has Location=Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland
|Has Location=Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland
|Has Siglum='Auchinleck' MS, Advocates MS 19.2.1, fols 85 r - 99 v
|Has Siglum='Auchinleck' MS, Advocates MS 19.2.1
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|Has Narrative Or Scholarly Group Within Version=Y Group
|Has Further Primary Scholarly Subgroup=Southern English
|Has Further Secondary Scholarly Subgroup=Text A
|Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Whitelock (2005); Brunner (1933)
|Has Place Of Production=London
|Has Place Of Production=London
|Has Date Of Production=1331-1340
|Has Date Of Production=1331-1340
|Has Source For Date Of Production=Wiggins, 2003
|Has Start Date Of Production=1331
|Has End Date Of Production=1340
|Has Source For Date Of Production=Wiggins, The Auchinleck Manuscript (2003)
|Has Material=Parchment
|Has Material=Parchment
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|Has Language=English
|Is Prose Or Verse=Verse
|Has Regional Language=Middle English
|Has Collation=This text appears in fols 85 r - 99 v; fragmentary: missing c. 1400 lines. It is preceded by 'Sir Degare', and followed by 'Floris and Blanchefleur' - two Middle English verse romances.
|Has Literary Form=Verse
|Has Collation=The Seven Sages text appears in fols 85 r - 99 v; fragmentary: missing c. 1400 lines.  
 
'''MS contents:'''  
 
* The Legend of Pope Gregory (1r-6v)
* The King of Tars (7ra-13vb)
* The Life of Adam and Eve (1ra-2vb; 14ra-16rb)
* Seynt Mergrete (16rb-21ra)
* Seynt Katerine (21ra-24vb)
* St Patrick's Purgatory (25ra-31vb)
* þe Desputisoun Bitven þe Bodi and þe Soule (31vb-35ra stub)
* The Harrowing of Hell (35rb-?37rb or 37va stub)
* The Clerk who would see the Virgin (37rb or 37va stub-38vb)
* Speculum Gy de Warewyke (39ra-?48rb stub)
* Amis and Amiloun (?48rb stub-?61va stub)
* The Life of St Mary Magdalene (?61Ava stub-65vb)
* The Nativity and Early Life of Mary (65vb-69va)
* On the Seven Deadly Sins (70ra-72ra)
* The Paternoster (72ra-?72rb or ?72va stub)
* The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (?72rb or ?72va stub-78ra)
* Sir Degare (78rb-?84rb stub)
* The Seven Sages of Rome (?84rb stub-99vb)
* Floris and Blancheflour (100ra-104vb)
* The Sayings of the Four Philosophers (105ra-105rb)
* The Battle Abbey Roll (105v-107r)
* Guy of Warwick (couplets) (108ra-146vb)
* Guy of Warwick (stanzas) (145vb-167rb)
* Reinbroun (167rb-175vb)
* Sir Beues of Hamtoun (176ra-201ra)
* Of Arthour & of Merlin (201rb-256vb)
* þe Wenche þat Loved þe King (256vb-256A thin stub)
* A Peniworþ of Witt (256A stub-259rb)
* How Our Lady's Sauter was First Found (259rb-260vb)
* Lay le Freine (261ra-262)
* Roland and Vernagu (?262va stub-267vb)
* Otuel a Knight (268ra-277vb)
* Kyng Alisaunder (L f.1ra-vb; S A.15 f.1ra-2vb; L f.2ra-vb; ff.278-9)
* The Thrush and the Nightingale (279va-vb)
* The Sayings of St Bernard (280ra)
* Dauid þe King (280rb-280vb)
* Sir Tristrem (281ra-299A thin stub)
* Sir Orfeo (299A stub-303ra)
* The Four Foes of Mankind (303rb-303vb)
* The Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle (304ra-317rb)
* Horn Childe & Maiden Rimnild (317va-323vb
* Alphabetical Praise of Women (324ra-325vb)
* King Richard (326; E f.3ra-vb; S R.4 f.1ra-2vb; E f.4ra-vb; f.327)
* þe Simonie (328r-334v)
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|Has Height=250
|Has Width=190
|Has Illustrations=No
|Has Illustrations=No
|Has Digitisation=https://auchinleck.nls.uk/index.html
|Has Digitisation=https://auchinleck.nls.uk/index.html
|Has Modern Edition=Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933); Wiggins, The Auchinleck Manuscript (2003)
|Has Modern Research Literature=Brunner (1933); Heltveit (1964); Whitelock (2005); Wiggins (2003); Bonsall (2024); Bonsall and Piercy (2025)
|Has Note='Roma' is fragmentary; text is missing final stories and conclusion.
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}}
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|Has Short Title=Arbor
|Has Sequence Number=1
|Has Sequence Number=1
|Has Narrator=Empress figure
|Has Narrator=Empress
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{{EmbeddedStory
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|Has Short Title=Canis
|Has Sequence Number=2
|Has Sequence Number=2
|Has Narrator=Sage
|Has Narrator=Bancillas
}}
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{{EmbeddedStory
{{EmbeddedStory
|Has Short Title=Aper
|Has Short Title=Aper
|Has Sequence Number=3
|Has Sequence Number=3
|Has Narrator=Empress figure
|Has Narrator=Empress
}}
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{{EmbeddedStory
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|Has Short Title=Medicus
|Has Sequence Number=4
|Has Sequence Number=4
|Has Narrator=Sage
|Has Narrator=Ancilles
}}
}}
{{EmbeddedStory
{{EmbeddedStory
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|Has Short Title=Gaza
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|Has Sequence Number=5
|Has Narrator=Empress figure
|Has Narrator=Empress
}}
}}
{{EmbeddedStory
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|Has Short Title=Puteus
|Has Sequence Number=6
|Has Sequence Number=6
|Has Narrator=Sage
|Has Narrator=Lentulus
|Has Name Variation=Lentilioun
}}
}}
{{EmbeddedStory
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|Has Short Title=Senescalcus
|Has Short Title=Senescalcus
|Has Sequence Number=7
|Has Sequence Number=7
|Has Narrator=Empress figure
|Has Narrator=Empress
}}
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{{EmbeddedStory
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|Has Short Title=Tentamina
|Has Short Title=Tentamina
|Has Sequence Number=8
|Has Sequence Number=8
|Has Narrator=Sage
|Has Narrator=Malquidras
}}
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{{EmbeddedStory
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|Has Short Title=Virgilius
|Has Short Title=Virgilius
|Has Sequence Number=9
|Has Sequence Number=9
|Has Narrator=Empress figure
|Has Narrator=Empress
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}}
{{EmbeddedStory
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|Has Short Title=Avis
|Has Short Title=Avis
|Has Sequence Number=10
|Has Sequence Number=10
|Has Narrator=Sage
|Has Narrator=Cato
|Has Name Variation=Catoun
}}
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{{EmbeddedStory
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|Has Short Title=Sapientes
|Has Sequence Number=11
|Has Sequence Number=11
|Has Narrator=Empress figure
|Has Narrator=Empress
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|Has Short Title=Vidua
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|Has Sequence Number=12
|Has Narrator=Sage
|Has Narrator=Jesse
|Has Name Variation=Not named in text - presumed 'Jesse' from analogues
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|Has Sequence Number=13
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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Eng1
Location Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland
Siglum/Shelfmark 'Auchinleck' MS, Advocates MS 19.2.1
Page/Folio range 85r-99v
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 A
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Whitelock (2005), Brunner (1933)
Languages
Language of text English
Regional or specific Language of text Middle English
Source for regional or specific Language of text
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation https://auchinleck.nls.uk/index.html
Modern Editions Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933), Wiggins, The Auchinleck Manuscript (2003)
Note

'Roma' is fragmentary; text is missing final stories and conclusion.

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production London
Date of Manuscript Production 1331/1340
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Wiggins, The Auchinleck Manuscript (2003)
Physical Description
Material Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 331
Height 250
Width 190
Script style/form
Prose or verse Verse
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript The Seven Sages text appears in fols 85 r - 99 v; fragmentary: missing c. 1400 lines.

MS contents:

  • The Legend of Pope Gregory (1r-6v)
  • The King of Tars (7ra-13vb)
  • The Life of Adam and Eve (1ra-2vb; 14ra-16rb)
  • Seynt Mergrete (16rb-21ra)
  • Seynt Katerine (21ra-24vb)
  • St Patrick's Purgatory (25ra-31vb)
  • þe Desputisoun Bitven þe Bodi and þe Soule (31vb-35ra stub)
  • The Harrowing of Hell (35rb-?37rb or 37va stub)
  • The Clerk who would see the Virgin (37rb or 37va stub-38vb)
  • Speculum Gy de Warewyke (39ra-?48rb stub)
  • Amis and Amiloun (?48rb stub-?61va stub)
  • The Life of St Mary Magdalene (?61Ava stub-65vb)
  • The Nativity and Early Life of Mary (65vb-69va)
  • On the Seven Deadly Sins (70ra-72ra)
  • The Paternoster (72ra-?72rb or ?72va stub)
  • The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (?72rb or ?72va stub-78ra)
  • Sir Degare (78rb-?84rb stub)
  • The Seven Sages of Rome (?84rb stub-99vb)
  • Floris and Blancheflour (100ra-104vb)
  • The Sayings of the Four Philosophers (105ra-105rb)
  • The Battle Abbey Roll (105v-107r)
  • Guy of Warwick (couplets) (108ra-146vb)
  • Guy of Warwick (stanzas) (145vb-167rb)
  • Reinbroun (167rb-175vb)
  • Sir Beues of Hamtoun (176ra-201ra)
  • Of Arthour & of Merlin (201rb-256vb)
  • þe Wenche þat Loved þe King (256vb-256A thin stub)
  • A Peniworþ of Witt (256A stub-259rb)
  • How Our Lady's Sauter was First Found (259rb-260vb)
  • Lay le Freine (261ra-262)
  • Roland and Vernagu (?262va stub-267vb)
  • Otuel a Knight (268ra-277vb)
  • Kyng Alisaunder (L f.1ra-vb; S A.15 f.1ra-2vb; L f.2ra-vb; ff.278-9)
  • The Thrush and the Nightingale (279va-vb)
  • The Sayings of St Bernard (280ra)
  • Dauid þe King (280rb-280vb)
  • Sir Tristrem (281ra-299A thin stub)
  • Sir Orfeo (299A stub-303ra)
  • The Four Foes of Mankind (303rb-303vb)
  • The Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle (304ra-317rb)
  • Horn Childe & Maiden Rimnild (317va-323vb
  • Alphabetical Praise of Women (324ra-325vb)
  • King Richard (326; E f.3ra-vb; S R.4 f.1ra-2vb; E f.4ra-vb; f.327)
  • þe Simonie (328r-334v)
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Brunner (1933), Heltveit (1964), Whitelock (2005), Wiggins (2003), Bonsall (2024), Bonsall and Piercy (2025)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript







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