Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 95

Manuscript Identification

Reference Number

Fr31

Location

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France

Siglum / Shelfmark

Français 95 (formerly Regius 6769)

Page / Folio range

355ra-380ra

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative

Sept Sages de Rome

Incipit or textual title

A Romme ot I empereour qui ot a non Dyoclesiens…

Version (siglum)

Overlap of Versions A and L

Language Group within Version

French A/L Overlap

Further scholarly subgroup (2)

Text Q

Source for textual relationship

Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014)

Languages

Language of text

Old French (Nord)

Digitisation & Editions

Digitisation

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6000108b

Modern Editions

Plomp, De Middelnederlandsche bewerking van het gedicht van den VII Vroeden van binnen Rome (1899), Runte, Les sept sages de Rome: An On-Line Edition of French Version A (2006)

Authorship & Production

Place of Production

Thérouanne, France

Date of Production

c. 1280

Source of Date of Production

BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc13594b

Physical Description

Material

Parchment

Total pages / folios

394

Height

470

Width

330

Illustrations

Yes

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript

1ra-113va: L'estoire del saint Graal

113va-354vb: Le roman de Merlin en prose, avec la Suite Vulgate du Merlin

355ra-380ra: Le roman des sept sages de Rome

380ra-394vb: André le Moine, La penitance Adam

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4153, BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc13594b

Modern Research Literature

Plomp (1889), Runte (1974), Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Runte (1989), Le Roux de Lincy (1838), Paris (1876), Berne-Aïache (1966), Berne-Aïache (1977), Speer (1981), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Coco (2016)

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	Lentulus
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Anxilles
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Malquidras	Malquidarz
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Cato	Caton
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	12	Jesse
Filia	13	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Meron
Roma – Rome Besieged	15	Empress
Vaticinium – The Prophecy	16	Prince

Research Material

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

Spectacular initial minature and marginalia.

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