Edinburgh National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 19.2.1, Auchinleck Manuscript
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| Reference Number | Eng1 |
| Location | Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland |
| Siglum/Shelfmark | 'Auchinleck' MS, Advocates MS 19.2.1, fols 85 r - 99 v |
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| Version (siglum) | English: Southern Y Group |
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| Digitisation | https://auchinleck.nls.uk/index.html |
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| Place of Manuscript Production | London |
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1331/1340 |
| Source of Date of Manuscript Production | Wiggins, 2003 |
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| Material | Parchment |
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | |
| Height | 250 |
| Width | 190 |
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| Illustrations | No |
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| Other texts in the Manuscript | The Seven Sages text appears in fols 85 r - 99 v; fragmentary: missing c. 1400 lines.
MS contents: The Legend of Pope Gregory (ff.1r-6v) The King of Tars (ff.7ra-13vb) The Life of Adam and Eve (E ff.1ra-2vb; ff.14ra-16rb) Seynt Mergrete (ff.16rb-21ra) Seynt Katerine (ff.21ra-24vb) St Patrick's Purgatory (ff.25ra-31vb) þe Desputisoun Bitven þe Bodi and þe Soule (ff.31vb-35ra stub) The Harrowing of Hell (ff.?35rb-?37rb or 37va stub) The Clerk who would see the Virgin (ff.?37rb or 37va stub-38vb) Speculum Gy de Warewyke (ff.39ra-?48rb stub) Amis and Amiloun (ff.?48rb stub-?61va stub) The Life of St Mary Magdalene (ff.?61Ava stub-65vb) The Nativity and Early Life of Mary (ff.65vb-69va) On the Seven Deadly Sins (ff.70ra-72ra) The Paternoster (ff.72ra-?72rb or ?72va stub) The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (?72rb or ?72va stub-78ra) Sir Degare (ff.78rb-?84rb stub) The Seven Sages of Rome (ff.?84rb stub-99vb) Floris and Blancheflour (ff.100ra-104vb) The Sayings of the Four Philosophers (ff.105ra-105rb) The Battle Abbey Roll (ff.105v-107r) Guy of Warwick (couplets) (ff.108ra-146vb) Guy of Warwick (stanzas) (ff.145vb-167rb) Reinbroun (ff.167rb-175vb) Sir Beues of Hamtoun (ff.176ra-201ra) Of Arthour & of Merlin (ff.201rb-256vb) þe Wenche þat Loved þe King (ff.256vb-256A thin stub) A Peniworþ of Witt (ff.256A stub-259rb) How Our Lady's Sauter was First Found (ff.259rb-260vb) Lay le Freine (ff.261ra-262) Roland and Vernagu (ff.?262va stub-267vb) Otuel a Knight (ff.268ra-277vb) Kyng Alisaunder (L f.1ra-vb; S A.15 f.1ra-2vb; L f.2ra-vb; ff.278-9) The Thrush and the Nightingale (ff.279va-vb) The Sayings of St Bernard (f.280ra) Dauid þe King (ff.280rb-280vb) Sir Tristrem (ff.281ra-299A thin stub) Sir Orfeo (ff.299A stub-303ra) The Four Foes of Mankind (f.303rb-303vb) The Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle (ff.304ra-317rb) Horn Childe & Maiden Rimnild (ff.317va-323vb) Alphabetical Praise of Women (ff.324ra-325vb) King Richard (f.326; E f.3ra-vb; S R.4 f.1ra-2vb; E f.4ra-vb; f.327) þe Simonie (ff.328r-334v) |
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