University of Pennsylvania Library Ms. Codex 931

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Fr42
Location Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Library, Kislak Center for Special Collections
Siglum/Shelfmark Ms. Codex 931
Page/Folio range 1r-34r
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Sept Sages de Rome
Incipit or textual title
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)Maulu (2016)
Languages
Language of text
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p31v5bf56
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 1325 - 1375
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Zacour and Hirsch (1965)
Physical Description
Material Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 139
Height 175
Width 117
Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript 1r-34r: Roman de sept sages de Rome.

f.39r-142v: Roman de Mark de Rome.

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue UPenn: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p31v5bf56
Modern Research Literature Le Roux de Lincy (1838)Paris (1876)Runte (1989)Runte, Society of the Seven Sages Portal (2014)Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984)Speer (1981)Speer (1989)Berne-Aïache (1966)Berne-Aïache (1977)Foehr-Janssens (1994)Maulu (2016)Gilleland (1981)Roques (1983)Brereton (1953)Zacour and Hirsch (1965)JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/49948
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Zacour and Hirsch suggest the text was written 'ca. 1350'.

Note: JONAS (http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/49948) indicates this is part of Version A, rather than L, but this is not supported by other scholarship (Maulu, Foerh-Janssens, etc).