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|Has Reference Number=Eng6
|Has Reference Number=Eng6
|Has Location=British Library, London
|Has Location=London, British Library
|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")
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|Has Width=230
|Has Illustrations=No
|Has Illustrations=No
|Has Modern Research Literature=Brunner (1933); Whitelock (2005); Campbell (1907)
|Has Modern Research Literature=Brunner (1933); Campbell (1907); Whitelock (2005)
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Revision as of 13:02, 19 January 2024

Manuscript
Reference Number Eng6
Location London, 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
Scribe
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
Script style/form
Total pages/folios in Manuscript
Height 345
Width 230
Illustrations No
Digitisation
Modern Editions
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Brunner (1933)Campbell (1907)Whitelock (2005)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Short StorySequence NumberNarratorName Variations
Arbor1EmpressTest
Canis2Bancillas
Aper3Empress
Medicus4Ancilles
Gaza5Empress
Puteus6Lentulus
Senescalcus7Empress
Tentamina8Malquidras
Virgilius9Empress
Avis10Cato
Sapientes11Empress
Vidua12Jesse
Roma13Empress
Inclusa14Maxencius
Vaticinium15Prince









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.