Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson poet. 175

From Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript
Reference Number Eng7
Location Oxford, Bodleian Library
Siglum/Shelfmark Rawlinson poet. 175
Page/Folio range ff. 109r-131v
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 1350/1400
Source of date Manuscript Production Bodleian catalogue: (info from Bodleian catalogue: https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/images/ms/aas/aas0336.gif and https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/images/ms/aas/aas0337.gif ) (https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_8759)
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 Verse
Other texts in the Manuscript "Religious and moral poems", including 'The Prick of Conscience' (ff. 1-55) (info from Bodleian catalogue: https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/images/ms/aas/aas0336.gif and https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/images/ms/aas/aas0337.gif )
Script style/form
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 136
Height 282.5
Width 203
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
Arbor1Empress
Canis2Bancillas
Aper3Empress
Medicus4Ancilles
Gaza5Empress
Puteus6Lentulus
Senescalcus7Empress
Tentamina8Malquidras
Virgilius9Empress
Avis10Cato
Sapientes11Empress
Vidua12Jesse
Roma13Empress
Inclusa14Maxencius
Vaticinium15Prince