London British Library Cotton Galba E IX

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Manuscript Identification

Reference Number
Eng6
Location
London, British Library
Siglum / Shelfmark
MS Cotton Galba E IX
Page / Folio range
25v-48v

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative
The Seven Sages of Rome: English 'C' text ("the Proces of the seuyn sages")
Version (siglum)
A (Seven Sages)
Language Group within Version
Middle English Version A
Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version
Y Group
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Northern English


Source for textual relationship
Whitelock (2005)

Languages

Language of text
Middle English



Note

There are clear breaks in the text signalling the start of each section, i.e.: 'Here bigins [th]e Fyrst Proces' before the prologues begin, then 'Here bygins [th]e First Tale of [th]e Whyfe' before the stories begin.

Authorship & Production


Place of Production
England
Date of Production
1400/1425
Source of Date of Production
British Library catalogue: https://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x0000b4

Physical Description

Material
Parchment
Height
345
Width
230


Illustrations
No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript
- 4r-25r: Ywaine and Gawain;

- 25v-48v: The Seven Sages of Rome, here called 'the Proces of the seuyn sages'; - 48v-49r: Moral verses - 49r-50r: Prophecies of Merlin: the reigns of the six kings after King John; - 50v: Sir Penay; - 51v: Two poems on the Cross; - 52r-57v: Laurence Minot, eleven alliterative poems on political subjects; - 57v-66v: The Gospel of Nicodemus - 66v: Two poems, 'He that casteth off the old' and 'What shall happen as I ween' - 67r-75r: The 'Book of Penance', from the Cursor Mundi - 73v-75r: Pater noster - 76r-113r: The Pricke of Conscience - 113v: A verse on the properties of a horse

- 113v-114r: A poem on the Siege of Calais

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue
Modern Research Literature
Brunner (1933), Campbell (1907), Whitelock (2005)

Embedded Stories in This Manuscript

Research Material

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