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|Has Siglum=MS Cotton Galba E IX, ff. 25v-48v | |Has Siglum=MS Cotton Galba E IX, ff. 25v-48v | ||
|Has Content=The Seven Sages of Rome: English 'C' text ("the Proces of the seuyn sages") | |Has Content=The Seven Sages of Rome: English 'C' text ("the Proces of the seuyn sages") | ||
|Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A | |Has Siglum Of The Version Of The Seven Sages=A | ||
|Has Narrative Or Scholarly Group Within Version=Y Group | |Has Narrative Or Scholarly Group Within Version=Y Group | ||
|Has Language Group Within Version=Middle English Version A | |Has Language Group Within Version=Middle English Version A | ||
Revision as of 11:47, 9 January 2024
| Manuscript | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference Number | Eng6 | ||
| Location | British Library | ||
| Siglum/Shelfmark | MS Cotton Galba E IX, ff. 25v-48v | ||
| Page/Folio range | |||
| 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) | Northern 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 | ||
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| Author | |||
| Place of Manuscript Production | England | ||
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1400/1425 | ||
| Source of date Manuscript Production | British Library catalogue: https://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x0000b4 | ||
| Material | Parchment | ||
| Language of Manuscript | English | ||
| Regional or specific Language of Manuscript | Middle English | ||
| Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript | |||
| Prose or Verse | |||
| 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 | ||
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | |||
| Height | 345 | ||
| Width | 230 | ||
| Illustrations | No | ||
| Digitisation | |||
| Modern Editions | |||
| Catalogue | |||
| Modern Research Literature | 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, 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 | ||
| General Notes (Internal) | |||
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
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.
