Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum McClean 179

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Fr15
Location	Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum
Siglum/Shelfmark	McClean 179
Page/Folio range	145r-161v

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Sept Sages de Rome
Incipit or textual title	Il ot jadis un emperere a Rome qui ot nom Diocleciens
Version (siglum)	A (Seven Sages)
└ Language Group within Version	French Version A
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Group V
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)	Text Ca
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
Modern Editions	Runte, Les sept sages de Rome: An On-Line Edition of French Version A (2006)

Note
Manuscript contains miniatures; none in the Sept Sages text, however.

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1275 - 1300
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/12215

Physical Description
Material	Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	215
Height	312
Width	154
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	1r – 144v: Roman de Laurin 145r – 161v: Roman des sept sages de Rome 162r –215r: Marques de Rome

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	Fitzwilliam Museum: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170729
Modern Research Literature	Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Runte (1974), Coco (2016), Berne-Aïache (1966)

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