Florence Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ashburnham 52

Manuscript Identification

Reference Number

Fr4

Location

Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana

Siglum / Shelfmark

Ashburnham 52 (cat. Ashburnham-Libri 125)

Page / Folio range

136v-162r

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative

Ystoire de la male marastre

Incipit or textual title

C'est a savoir que jadis avoit un empereour a Romme qui ot non Dyoclesiens

Version (siglum)

M ('Male Marastre')

Language Group within Version

French

Further scholarly subgroup (2)

Text T

Source for textual relationship

Runte (1974)

Digitisation & Editions

Modern Editions

Runte, Li Ystoire de la Male Marastre (Version M) (1974)

Authorship & Production

Date of Production

1300 - 1350

Source of Date of Production

Runte (1974)

Physical Description

Material

Parchment (vellum)

Total pages / folios

268

Height

335

Width

230

Illustrations

Yes

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

1r - 120r: Brunetto Latini, Tresor

121r - 135v: Nicolas de Senlis, Chronique du Pseudo-Turpin

135v: Pierre de Beauvais, Olympiade

135v - 136r: Anonyme, Généalogie des rois de France

136v - 162r: Anonyme, Sept sages de Rome, version M

162r - 163v: Anonyme, Enseignement de sapience

166r - 241v: Henri de Gauchy, Livre du gouvernement des rois et des princes

242r - 245r: Anonyme, Lettre d'Hippocrate à César

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/76183, I Codici Ashburnhamiani Della R. Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana Di Firenze (1887)

Modern Research Literature

Runte (1974)

Research Material

Has Research Material Title	Has Research Material Link	Has Research Material Description

Contains miniatures throughout, and initiations in red, gold, and blue ink.