Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 1421

Manuscript Identification

Reference Number

Fr8

Location

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France

Siglum / Shelfmark

Français 1421 (formerly Regius 7519)

Page / Folio range

1r-25va

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative

Sept Sages de Rome

Incipit or textual title

'Le roumanz des VII sages'. 'A Rome ot I empereur qui avoit a non Dyoclecien...'

Version (siglum)

A (Seven Sages)

Language Group within Version

French Version A

Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version

Group U

Further scholarly subgroup (2)

Text R

Source for textual relationship

Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)

Languages

Language of text

Old French

Digitisation & Editions

Digitisation

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b525072172

Note

Contains one miniature at start of text; it is followed by another miniature at the start of 'Marques'.

Authorship & Production

Date of Production

1275 - 1300

Source of Date of Production

JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/73674

Physical Description

Material

Parchment

Total pages / folios

96

Height

273

Width

200

Illustrations

Yes

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

1r-25va: Le roumanz des VII sages, version A f. 25-96: De Marque, le filz Chaton

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

Bibliothèque impériale. Département des manuscrits. Catalogue des manuscrits français. Tome premier: Ancien fonds, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1868, ix + 783 p. (ici p. 224, no 1421), Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4478, JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/73674, https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc58853w

Modern Research Literature

Coco (2016), Berne-Aïache (1966), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Runte (1974)

Research Material

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