Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 573
From The Seven Sages of Rome
Manuscript Identification
Reference Number
Fr2
Siglum / Shelfmark
Français 573 (formerly 7069)
Page / Folio range
163-195
Textual Content & Tradition
Standardised title of narrative
Incipit or textual title
C'est a savoir que jadis avoit un empereour a Romme qui ot non Dioclisiens. Il avoit eu femme
Version (siglum)
Language Group within Version
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Source for textual relationship
Digitisation & Editions
Digitisation
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9059154c/f163.item, Paris, Les Manuscrits françois de la Bibliothèque du Roi (1842)
Modern Editions
Authorship & Production
Place of Production
Date of Production
1400 - 1450
Source of Date of Production
Physical Description
Contents & Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
13r - 146v: Brunetto Latini, 'Tresor'
147r - 162v: Chronique de Turpin version Johannes
162 - 163: Généalogie des rois de France
163r - 191v: Sept sages de Rome, version M
195r - 269r: Gilles de Rome, Livre du Gouvernement de Roys & Princes
269v - 272v: Lettre d'Hippocrate à César; Receptes & medicinesCatalogues & Research Literature
Embedded Stories in This Manuscript
| Has Short Title | Has Sequence Number | Has Narrator | Has Name Variation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor – The Tree | 1 | Empress | |
| Canis – The Faithful Dog | 2 | Bancillas | |
| Aper – The Boar and the Fruit | 3 | Empress | |
| Medicus – The Doctor | 4 | Anxilles | Anxilles |
| Gaza – The Treasure | 5 | Empress | |
| Avis – The Bird | 6 | Chaton | |
| Filius | 7 | Empress | |
| Vidua – The Widow | 8 | Lentulus | |
| Nutrix | 9 | Empress | |
| Anthenor – The King's Daughter | 10 | Jesse | |
| Spurius | 11 | Empress | |
| Cardamum | 12 | Lentulus | |
| Assassinus | 13 | Empress | |
| Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife | 14 | Markes |
Research Material
| Has Research Material Title | Has Research Material Link | Has Research Material Description |
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This text contains miniatures the beginning of the text, and of each of the fifteen stories it contains.