| Manuscript Identification
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| Reference Number |
Fr3
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| Location |
Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal
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| Siglum/Shelfmark |
Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, 2998 (formerly 232 B.L.F.)
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| Page/Folio range |
1r-58r
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| Textual Content and Tradition
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| Standardised title of narrative |
Ystoire de la male marastre
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| Incipit or textual title |
Il est assavoir que jadis il avoit un empereour a Romme qui ot nom Dyocliseus
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| Version (siglum) |
M ('Male Marastre')
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| └ Language Group within Version |
French
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| └ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version |
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| └ Further scholarly subgroup (1) |
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| └ Further scholarly subgroup (2) |
Text J
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| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) |
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| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition |
Runte (1974)
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| Languages
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| Language of text |
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| Regional or specific Language of text |
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| Source for regional or specific Language of text |
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| Digitisation and Editions
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| Digitisation |
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| Modern Editions |
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| Authorship and Production
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| Scribe |
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| Author |
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| Place of Manuscript Production |
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| Date of Manuscript Production
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1400 - 1500
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| Source of Date of Manuscript Production |
Runte (1974)
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| Physical Description
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| Material |
Parchment (vellum)
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| Total pages/folios in Manuscript |
62
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| Height |
238
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| Width |
170
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| Script style/form |
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| Prose or verse |
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| Illustrations |
Yes
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| Contents and Additional Texts
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| Other texts in the Manuscript |
1r-58r: Isoire de la male marrastre
58v-62r: Enseignement de sapience
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| Catalogues and Research Literature
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| Catalogue |
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| Modern Research Literature |
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| Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
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Miniatures at the beginning of the text, and before each story; Runte suggests they are 'enlarged imitations of the miniatures in Text E' (1974, p. xxvii). They are preceeded by titles in red ink, with initials in gold, blue, and red.