London British Library Cotton Galba E IX

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Eng6
Location	London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark	MS Cotton Galba E IX
Page/Folio range	25v-48v

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	The Seven Sages of Rome
Incipit or textual title	The Proces of the seuyn sages
Version (siglum)	A (Seven Sages)
└ 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)	Text C
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Whitelock (2005)

Languages
Language of text	English
Regional or specific Language of text	Middle English
Source for regional or specific Language of text	Whitelock (2005)

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions

Note
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 and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	England
Date of Manuscript Production	1400/1425
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	British Library catalogue: https://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x0000b4

Physical Description
Material	Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height	345
Width	230
Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations	No

Contents and 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 and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Brunner (1933), Campbell (1907), Whitelock (2005)

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