London British Library Arundel 140: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 12:01, 9 January 2024
| Manuscript Identification | |
|---|---|
| Reference Number | Eng2 |
| Location | London, British Library |
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Arundel 140, ff. 152r-165v |
| 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 | Jill Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version), EETS O.S. 324, OUP, 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 | https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Arundel_MS_140 |
| Modern Editions | |
| 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 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 | |
| Illustrations | No |
| Contents and Additional Texts | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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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Opening narration and stories 1-3 are missing from this MS