Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 19166
From Seven Sages of Rome
| Manuscript | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference Number | Fr38 | ||
| Location | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France | ||
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Français 19166 (formerly Saint-Germain français 1672) | ||
| Page/Folio range | 1r-30r | ||
| Standardised title of narrative | Sept Sages de Rome | ||
| Incipit or textual title | A Romme fut ung empereur nommé Dioclecien lequel fut marié moult noblement | ||
| Version (siglum) | L (Sept Sages de Rome) | ||
| └ Language Group within Version | French Version L | ||
| └ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version | |||
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (1) | |||
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (2) | |||
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | |||
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Foehr-Janssens (1994), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984) | ||
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| Author | |||
| Place of Manuscript Production | |||
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1200 - 1300 | ||
| Source of date Manuscript Production | Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4261, BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc483762 | ||
| Material | Parchment | ||
| Language of Manuscript | Old French | ||
| Regional or specific Language of Manuscript | |||
| Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript | |||
| Prose or Verse | Prose | ||
| Other texts in the Manuscript | 1r-30r: Li livres des VII sages de Rome, version L
31r-117v: Li romanz de Marques, le filz Chaton 117bis ra-186va: Gautier de Coinci, Les miracles de Nostre Dame 186vb-200vb: Wace, La vie Nostre Damne | ||
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 200 | ||
| Height | 272 | ||
| Width | 177 | ||
| Illustrations | Yes | ||
| Digitisation | https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90633265 | ||
| Modern Editions | Le Roux de Lincy, Roman des Sept Sages de Rome (1838) | ||
| Catalogue | BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc483762 | ||
| Modern Research Literature | Le Roux de Lincy (1838), Paris (1876), Brereton (1953), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Busby (2002), Berne-Aïache (1966), Berne-Aïache (1977), Gilleland (1981), Maulu (2016), Roques (1983) | ||
| General Notes (Internal) | |||
This text is the base text for Le Roux de Lincy's edition of Version L. The digitisation of the text is an old, black and white scan, meaning the miniatures (throughout) are not visible in detail.
