London British Library Arundel 140

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Eng2
Location	London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark	British Library Arundel 140
Page/Folio range	152r-165v

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 Ar
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Whitelock (2005)

Languages
Language of text	English
Regional or specific Language of text	Middle English
Source for regional or specific Language of text	Whitelock (2005)

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Arundel_MS_140
Modern Editions

Note
Opening narration and stories 1-3 are missing from this MS

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	England
Date of Manuscript Production	1400/1425
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	British Library website: https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Arundel_MS_140. Also, Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS O.S. 191, OUP, 1933

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height	290
Width	215
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Verse
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	Fragmentary; only part of the narrative is present (missing the first 950 lines, so includes Medicus - Vaticinium). Contained in the first part of the MS (ff. 1-165) which contains a collection of legendary and devotional works in Middle English, including the Legend of Ipotis, The Prick of Conscience, Speculum Gy de Warwyke, and Mandeville's Travels; followed by Chaucer's Tale of Melibee.

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Brunner (1933), Campbell (1907), Whitelock (2005)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Has Short Title Has Sequence Number Has Narrator Has Name Variation Arbor – The Tree 1 Empress   Canis – The Faithful Dog 2 Bancillas Hancyllas Aper – The Boar and the Fruit 3 Empress   Medicus – The Doctor 4 Anxilles Ancilles Gaza – The Treasure 5 Empress   Puteus – The Well 6 Lentulus Lentilioun Senescalcus – The Seneschal 7 Empress   Tentamina – The Test 8 Malquidras Maladas Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels 9 Empress   Avis – The Bird 10 Cato Caton, Catoun Sapientes – The Wise Men 11 Empress   Vidua – The Widow 12 Jesse   Roma – Rome Beseiged 13 Empress   Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife 14 Maxencius Marcius Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process