Edinburgh National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 72.1.39

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Gaelic1
Location	Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland
Siglum/Shelfmark	Advocates MS 72.1.39
Page/Folio range	1r-22r (?)

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	The Seven Wise Masters
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum)	A (Seven Sages)
└ Language Group within Version	Scots Gaelic Version A
└ 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

Languages
Language of text	Scots Gaelic, Gaelic
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	https://www.isos.dias.ie/NLS/NLS_Adv_MS_72_1_39.html
Modern Editions

Note
This fragmentary text contains only the final four stories of the Seven Sages sequence, perhaps following the Version A pattern.

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1690 - 1700
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	https://www.isos.dias.ie/NLS/NLS_Adv_MS_72_1_39.html

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	34
Height	194
Width	14
Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	https://www.isos.dias.ie/NLS/NLS_Adv_MS_72_1_39.html, https://manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories/2/resources/21936
Modern Research Literature	Greene (1944)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
Has Short Title Has Sequence Number Has Narrator Has Name Variation Vidua – The Widow 12 Sixth Master   Roma – Rome Beseiged 13 Empress   Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife 14 Seventh Master   Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process