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|Has Source For Date Of Production=Whitelock, 2005 | |Has Source For Date Of Production=Whitelock, 2005 | ||
|Has Material=membrane | |Has Material=membrane | ||
|Has Language Of Manuscript= | |Has Language Of Manuscript=English | ||
|Has Language= | |Has Language=Middle English, principally of northern and Midland forms | ||
|Has Source For Language=Whitelock, 2005 | |Has Source For Language=Jill Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version), OUP, 2005 | ||
|Is Prose Or Verse=Verse | |Is Prose Or Verse=Verse | ||
|Has Collation=Manuscript is divided into three volumes. The Seven Sages appears in the third volume (ff. 54^ra - 63^rb). A full list of the 24 other texts that make up the manuscript can be found in the source mentioned above. | |Has Collation=Manuscript is divided into three volumes. The Seven Sages appears in the third volume (ff. 54^ra - 63^rb). A full list of the 24 other texts that make up the manuscript can be found in the source mentioned above; notably, it includes: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britannie (vol 1, ff 111-121); a Latin version of Marco Polo's travel account (vol 2, ff 38-56); texts concerning Islam, including 'Fides Saracenorum' (vol 2, ff 71), De origine et progressu et fine Machometi et quadruplici reprobatione eius (vol 2 ff 71-74), William of Tripoli, De statu Saracenorum (vol 2 ff 74-79), and a Life of Muhammad (vol 2 f 79); Langland, Piers Plowman (B text) (Vol 3 ff 1-31); Mandeville's Travels (ff. 32-53). | ||
|Has Number Of Leaves=Vol. 1 (ff. 261), vol. 2 (ff. 93), vol. 3 (ff. 87) | |Has Number Of Leaves=Vol. 1 (ff. 261), vol. 2 (ff. 93), vol. 3 (ff. 87) | ||
|Has Height=440 | |Has Height=440 | ||
|Has Width=305 | |Has Width=305 | ||
|Has Illustrations=No | |Has Illustrations=No | ||
|Has | |Has Modern Research Literature=Jill Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version), OUP, 2005 | ||
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Revision as of 11:55, 3 October 2023
Manuscript Identification
Textual Content & Tradition
Languages
Language of text
Authorship & Production
Place of Production
Date of Production
around 1400
Source of Date of Production
Physical Description
Contents & Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
Manuscript is divided into three volumes. The Seven Sages appears in the third volume (ff. 54^ra - 63^rb). A full list of the 24 other texts that make up the manuscript can be found in the source mentioned above; notably, it includes: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britannie (vol 1, ff 111-121); a Latin version of Marco Polo's travel account (vol 2, ff 38-56); texts concerning Islam, including 'Fides Saracenorum' (vol 2, ff 71), De origine et progressu et fine Machometi et quadruplici reprobatione eius (vol 2 ff 71-74), William of Tripoli, De statu Saracenorum (vol 2 ff 74-79), and a Life of Muhammad (vol 2 f 79); Langland, Piers Plowman (B text) (Vol 3 ff 1-31); Mandeville's Travels (ff. 32-53).
Catalogues & Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature
Embedded Stories in This Manuscript
| Has Short Title | Has Sequence Number | Has Narrator | Has Name Variation |
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| 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 Besieged | 13 | Empress | |
| Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife | 14 | Maxencius | Marcius |
Research Material
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