London British Library Egerton 1995: Difference between revisions

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Eng3
Location	London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark	Egerton 1995, ff. 3-54v
Page/Folio range

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum)	A
└ 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)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition

Languages
Language of text	Middle English
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	London
Date of Manuscript Production	1475/1500
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	British Library website: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7641&CollID=28&NStart=1995 See 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	280
Width	195
Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	Miscellany of prose and verse, including ; the Seven Sages of Rome (ff. 3-54v); Gregory's Chronicle, a dietary (ff. 66-77); John Page's poem The Siege of Rouen; a chronicle of London, breaking off in 1470. Also: 'Properties that longyth to a yong gentylman', Latin prophesies, the 'sapienta physicorum' (attibuted to Lydgate) (ff.77-79) , The Boke of Curtesy (ff. 55-58),

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) EETS O.S. 191, OUP, 1933, Jill Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version), EETS O.S. 324, OUP, 2005

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

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 |Has Location=London, British Library
 |Has Siglum=Egerton 1995, ff. 3-54v
-|Has Content=The Seven Sages of Rome: Southern English 'E' text
+|Has Content=The Seven Sages of Rome: English 'E' text
-|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A* (Southern English, Y Group)
+|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A
+|Has Narrative Or Scholarly Group Within Version=Y Group
+|Has Language Group Within Version=Middle English Version A
+|Has Further Primary Scholarly Subgroup=Southern English
 |Has Version Number=VEng1
 |Has Place Of Production=London
 |Has Date Of Production=1475-1500
-|Has Source For Date Of Production=British Library website: https://www.bKarl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS, OUP, 1933
+|Has Source For Date Of Production=British Library website: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7641&CollID=28&NStart=1995      See also Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS O.S. 191, OUP, 1933
 |Has Material=Paper
 |Has Language Of Manuscript=English
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 |Has Width=195
 |Has Illustrations=No
-|Has Modern Research Literature=Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS, OUP, 1933
+|Has Modern Research Literature=Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) EETS O.S. 191, OUP, 1933; Jill Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version), EETS O.S. 324, OUP, 2005
 |Has Internal Notes=Large initials in red throughout the manuscript. Text not fully digitised; online record at the British Library website: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7641&CollID=28&NStart=1995
 }}