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|Has Siglum=MS Cotton Galba E IX | |Has Siglum=MS Cotton Galba E IX | ||
|Has Page Range=25v-48v | |Has Page Range=25v-48v | ||
|Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=The Seven Sages of Rome | |Has Standardised Title Of Narrative=The Seven Sages of Rome | ||
|Has Incipit Or Textual Title=The Proces of the seuyn sages | |||
|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=Northern English | |Has Further Primary Scholarly Subgroup=Northern English | ||
|Has Further Secondary Scholarly Subgroup=Text C | |||
|Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Whitelock (2005) | |Has Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Whitelock (2005) | ||
|Has Place Of Production=England | |Has Place Of Production=England | ||
Revision as of 15:56, 8 November 2024
| Manuscript Identification | |
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| Reference Number | Eng6 |
| Location | London, British Library |
| Siglum/Shelfmark | MS Cotton Galba E IX |
| Page/Folio range | 25v-48v |
| Textual Content and Tradition | |
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| Standardised title of narrative | The Seven Sages of Rome |
| Incipit or textual title | The Proces of the seuyn sages |
| Version (siglum) | A (Seven Sages) |
| └ Language Group within Version | Middle English Version A |
| └ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version | Y Group |
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (1) | Northern English |
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (2) | Text C |
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | |
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Whitelock (2005) |
| Languages | |
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| Language of text | Middle English |
| Regional or specific Language of text | |
| Source for regional or specific Language of text | |
| Digitisation and Editions | |
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| Digitisation | |
| Modern Editions | |
| Note |
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There are clear breaks in the text signalling the start of each section, i.e.: 'Here bigins [th]e Fyrst Proces' before the prologues begin, then 'Here bygins [th]e First Tale of [th]e Whyfe' before the stories begin. |
| Authorship and Production | |
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| Scribe | |
| Author | |
| Place of Manuscript Production | England |
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1400/1425 |
| Source of Date of Manuscript Production | British Library catalogue: https://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x0000b4 |
| Physical Description | |
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| Material | Parchment |
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | |
| Height | 345 |
| Width | 230 |
| Script style/form | |
| Prose or verse | |
| Illustrations | No |
| Contents and Additional Texts | |
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| Other texts in the Manuscript | - 4r-25r: Ywaine and Gawain;
- 25v-48v: The Seven Sages of Rome, here called 'the Proces of the seuyn sages'; - 48v-49r: Moral verses - 49r-50r: Prophecies of Merlin: the reigns of the six kings after King John; - 50v: Sir Penay; - 51v: Two poems on the Cross; - 52r-57v: Laurence Minot, eleven alliterative poems on political subjects; - 57v-66v: The Gospel of Nicodemus - 66v: Two poems, 'He that casteth off the old' and 'What shall happen as I ween' - 67r-75r: The 'Book of Penance', from the Cursor Mundi - 73v-75r: Pater noster - 76r-113r: The Pricke of Conscience - 113v: A verse on the properties of a horse - 113v-114r: A poem on the Siege of Calais |
| Catalogues and Research Literature | |
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| Catalogue | |
| Modern Research Literature | Brunner (1933), Campbell (1907), Whitelock (2005) |
| Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript | |
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