London British Library Cotton Galba E IX: Difference between revisions

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.

Authorship & Production

Place of Production

England

Date of Production

1400/1425

Source of Date of Production

British Library catalogue: https://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x0000b4

Physical Description

Material

Parchment

Height

345

Width

230

Illustrations

No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

4r-25r: Ywaine and Gawain;
25v-48v: The Seven Sages of Rome, here called 'the Proces of the seuyn sages';
48v-49r: Moral verses
49r-50r: Prophecies of Merlin: the reigns of the six kings after King John;
50v: Sir Penay;
51v: Two poems on the Cross;
52r-57v: Laurence Minot, eleven alliterative poems on political subjects;
57v-66v: The Gospel of Nicodemus
66v: Two poems, 'He that casteth off the old' and 'What shall happen as I ween'
67r-75r: The 'Book of Penance', from the Cursor Mundi
73v-75r: Pater noster
76r-113r: The Pricke of Conscience
113v: A verse on the properties of a horse
113v-114r: A poem on the Siege of Calais

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

Modern Research Literature

Brunner (1933), Campbell (1907), Whitelock (2005)

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

@@ Line 21: / Line 21: @@
 |Has Regional Language=Middle English
 |Has Source For Regional Language=Whitelock (2005)
-|Has Collation=- 4r-25r: Ywaine and Gawain;
+|Has Collation=* 4r-25r: Ywaine and Gawain;
+* 25v-48v: The Seven Sages of Rome, here called 'the Proces of the seuyn sages';
-- 25v-48v: The Seven Sages of Rome, here called 'the Proces of the seuyn sages';
+* 48v-49r: Moral verses
+* 49r-50r: Prophecies of Merlin: the reigns of the six kings after King John;
-- 48v-49r: Moral verses
+* 50v: Sir Penay;
+* 51v: Two poems on the Cross;
-- 49r-50r: Prophecies of Merlin: the reigns of the six kings after King John;
+* 52r-57v: Laurence Minot, eleven alliterative poems on political subjects;
+* 57v-66v: The Gospel of Nicodemus
-- 50v: Sir Penay;
+* 66v: Two poems, 'He that casteth off the old' and 'What shall happen as I ween'
+* 67r-75r: The 'Book of Penance', from the Cursor Mundi
--  51v: Two poems on the Cross;
+* 73v-75r: Pater noster
+* 76r-113r: The Pricke of Conscience
--  52r-57v: Laurence Minot, eleven alliterative poems on political subjects;
+* 113v: A verse on the properties of a horse
+* 113v-114r: A poem on the Siege of Calais
--  57v-66v: The Gospel of Nicodemus
--  66v: Two poems, 'He that casteth off the old' and 'What shall happen as I ween'
--  67r-75r: The 'Book of Penance', from the Cursor Mundi
--  73v-75r: Pater noster
--  76r-113r: The Pricke of Conscience
--  113v: A verse on the properties of a horse
--  113v-114r: A poem on the Siege of Calais
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 |Has Width=230