Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 19166

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Fr38
Location	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Siglum/Shelfmark	Français 19166 (formerly Saint-Germain français 1672)
Page/Folio range	1r-30r

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Sept Sages de Rome
Incipit or textual title	A Romme fut ung empereur nommé Dioclecien lequel fut marié moult noblement
Version (siglum)	L (Sept Sages de Rome)
└ Language Group within Version	French Version L
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Foehr-Janssens (1994), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)

Languages
Language of text
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90633265
Modern Editions	Le Roux de Lincy, Roman des Sept Sages de Rome (1838)

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1200 - 1300
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/4261, BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc483762

Physical Description
Material	Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	200
Height	272
Width	177
Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations	Yes

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	1r-30r: Li livres des VII sages de Rome, version L 31r-117v: Li romanz de Marques, le filz Chaton 117bis ra-186va: Gautier de Coinci, Les miracles de Nostre Dame 186vb-200vb: Wace, La vie Nostre Damne

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc483762
Modern Research Literature	Le Roux de Lincy (1838), Paris (1876), Brereton (1953), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Foehr-Janssens (1994), Busby (2002), Berne-Aïache (1966), Berne-Aïache (1977), Gilleland (1981), Maulu (2016)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

This text is the base text for Le Roux de Lincy's edition of Version L. The digitisation of the text is an old, black and white scan, meaning the miniatures (throughout) are not visible in detail.