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 and 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 (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)	Text R
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014)

Languages
Language of text
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1275 - 1300
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/73674

Physical Description
Material	Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	96
Height	273
Width	200
Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations	Yes

Contents and 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 and 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

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

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