London British Library Arundel 140: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:51, 16 January 2024

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

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Arundel_MS_140
Modern Editions

Authorship and Production
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
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
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

Opening narration and stories 1-3 are missing from this MS

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 |Has Content=The Seven Sages of Rome: English 'Ar' text
 |Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A
+|Has Language Group Within Version=Middle English Version 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 Source For Information On Textual Relationship to Broader Tradition=Jill Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version), EETS O.S. 324, OUP, 2005.