Edinburgh National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 19.2.1 (Auchinleck Manuscript): Difference between revisions

MS contents: The Legend of Pope Gregory (ff.1r-6v) The King of Tars (ff.7ra-13vb) The Life of Adam and Eve (E ff.1ra-2vb; ff.14ra-16rb) Seynt Mergrete (ff.16rb-21ra) Seynt Katerine (ff.21ra-24vb) St Patrick's Purgatory (ff.25ra-31vb) þe Desputisoun Bitven þe Bodi and þe Soule (ff.31vb-35ra stub) The Harrowing of Hell (ff.?35rb-?37rb or 37va stub) The Clerk who would see the Virgin (ff.?37rb or 37va stub-38vb) Speculum Gy de Warewyke (ff.39ra-?48rb stub) Amis and Amiloun (ff.?48rb stub-?61va stub) The Life of St Mary Magdalene (ff.?61Ava stub-65vb) The Nativity and Early Life of Mary (ff.65vb-69va) On the Seven Deadly Sins (ff.70ra-72ra) The Paternoster (ff.72ra-?72rb or ?72va stub) The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (?72rb or ?72va stub-78ra) Sir Degare (ff.78rb-?84rb stub) The Seven Sages of Rome (ff.?84rb stub-99vb) Floris and Blancheflour (ff.100ra-104vb) The Sayings of the Four Philosophers (ff.105ra-105rb) The Battle Abbey Roll (ff.105v-107r) Guy of Warwick (couplets) (ff.108ra-146vb) Guy of Warwick (stanzas) (ff.145vb-167rb) Reinbroun (ff.167rb-175vb) Sir Beues of Hamtoun (ff.176ra-201ra) Of Arthour & of Merlin (ff.201rb-256vb) þe Wenche þat Loved þe King (ff.256vb-256A thin stub) A Peniworþ of Witt (ff.256A stub-259rb) How Our Lady's Sauter was First Found (ff.259rb-260vb) Lay le Freine (ff.261ra-262) Roland and Vernagu (ff.?262va stub-267vb) Otuel a Knight (ff.268ra-277vb) Kyng Alisaunder (L f.1ra-vb; S A.15 f.1ra-2vb; L f.2ra-vb; ff.278-9) The Thrush and the Nightingale (ff.279va-vb) The Sayings of St Bernard (f.280ra) Dauid þe King (ff.280rb-280vb) Sir Tristrem (ff.281ra-299A thin stub) Sir Orfeo (ff.299A stub-303ra) The Four Foes of Mankind (f.303rb-303vb) The Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle (ff.304ra-317rb) Horn Childe & Maiden Rimnild (ff.317va-323vb Alphabetical Praise of Women (ff.324ra-325vb) King Richard (f.326; E f.3ra-vb; S R.4 f.1ra-2vb; E f.4ra-vb; f.327)

þe Simonie (ff.328r-334v)

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

Modern Research Literature

Jill Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version), 2003, Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), 1933, T. Heltveit, 'Dialect Words in The Seven Sages of Rome', English Studies, 45 (1964), 125-34, Alison Wiggins, 'The Auchinleck Manuscript (on-line facsimile edition)', The National Library of Scotland, 2023, https://auchinleck.nls.uk/editorial/project.html

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 Besieged	13	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Maxencius	Marcius

Research Material

Has Research Material Title	Has Research Material Link	Has Research Material Description

'Roma' is fragmentary; text is missing final stories and conclusion.

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 |Has Location=Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland
 |Has Siglum='Auchinleck' MS, Advocates MS 19.2.1, fols 85 r - 99 v
-|Has Content=The Seven Sages of Rome: English 'A' text (Southern English, Y Group)
+|Has Content=The Seven Sages of Rome: English 'A' text
 |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