London British Library Cotton Galba E IX: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 11:36, 19 January 2024
Manuscript Identification
Reference Number
Eng6
Location
Siglum / Shelfmark
MS Cotton Galba E IX, ff. 25v-48v
Textual Content & Tradition
Version (siglum)
Language Group within Version
Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Source for textual relationship
Languages
Language of text
Authorship & Production
Place of Production
Date of Production
1400/1425
Source of Date of Production
Physical Description
Contents & Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
ff. 4r-25r: Ywaine and Gawain; ff. 25v-48v: The Seven Sages of Rome, here called 'the Proces of the seuyn sages'; ff. 48v-49r: Moral verses ff. 49r-50r: Prophecies of Merlin: the reigns of the six kings after King John; f. 50v: Sir Penay; f. 51v: Two poems on the Cross; ff. 52r-57v: Laurence Minot, eleven alliterative poems on political subjects; ff. 57v-66v: The Gospel of Nicodemus; f. 66v: Two poems, 'He that casteth off the old' and 'What shall happen as I ween'; ff. 67r-75r: The 'Book of Penance', from the Cursor Mundi; ff. 73v-75r: Pater noster; ff. 76r-113r: The Pricke of Conscience; f. 113v: A verse on the properties of a horse; ff. 113v-114r: A poem on the Siege of Calais
Catalogues & Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature
Brunner (1933), Whitelock (2005), Property "Has Modern Research Literature" (as page type) with input value "Killis Campbell, The Seven Sages of Rome, Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company, 1907" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.Killis Campbell, The Seven Sages of Rome, Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn & Company, 1907
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 |
|---|
There are clear breaks in the text signalling the start of each section, i.e.: 'Here bigins [th]e Fyrst Proces' before the prologues begin, then 'Here bygins [th]e First Tale of [th]e Whyfe' before the stories begin.