Paris Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 3516
From The Seven Sages of Rome
| Manuscript Identification | |
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| Reference Number | Fr30 |
| Location | Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal |
| Siglum/Shelfmark | 3516 (formerly 283 B. F) |
| Page/Folio range | 273va-284rc |
| Textual Content and Tradition | |
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| Standardised title of narrative | Sept Sages de Rome |
| Incipit or textual title | Il avint qu'il ot un enpereor a Romme qui avoit a non Deolicuns. Il ot eu feme; de cele feme ot il I fil … |
| Version (siglum) | Overlap of Versions A and L |
| └ Language Group within Version | French A/L Overlap |
| └ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version | |
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (1) | |
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (2) | Text Y1 |
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | |
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014) |
| Languages | |
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| Language of text | Old French |
| Regional or specific Language of text | Old French (Picardie) |
| Source for regional or specific Language of text | JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/43012 |
| Digitisation and Editions | |
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| Digitisation | https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55000507q |
| Modern Editions | Runte, Les sept sages de Rome: An On-Line Edition of French Version A (2006), Plomp, De Middelnederlandsche bewerking van het gedicht van den VII Vroeden van binnen Rome (1899) |
| Note |
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A large miniature at the opening of the text was removed, and the folio repaired. Notes on grouping: Runte (2014), Coco (2016), and both JONAS and Arlima catalogues present Arsenal 3516 as part of the Version A group. However, as Foehr-Janssens (1994) notes, scholarship is in agreement that this text presents 'une version mixte' of Version A and Version L. As noted elsewhere, this is shown in the presence of Noverca and Filia in the text. |
| Authorship and Production | |
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| Scribe | |
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| Place of Manuscript Production | Saint-Omer, France |
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1250 - 1300 |
| Source of Date of Manuscript Production | Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/2258, JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/43012 |
| Physical Description | |
|---|---|
| Material | Parchment |
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 357 |
| Height | 328 |
| Width | 245 |
| Script style/form | |
| Prose or verse | Prose |
| Illustrations | No |
| Contents and Additional Texts | |
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| Catalogues and Research Literature | |
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| Catalogue | BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc84176k |
| Modern Research Literature | Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Le Roux de Lincy (1838), Paris (1876), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Speer (1981), Coco (2016), Berne-Aïache (1966), Runte (1974) |
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