National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 19.2.1, Auchinleck Manuscript
From Seven Sages of Rome
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| Reference Number | 1 | ||
| Location | Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland | ||
| Siglum/Shelfmark | 'Auchinleck' MS, Advocates MS 19.2.1, fols 85 r - 99 v | ||
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| Version (siglum) | English, southern y group, text A | ||
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| Place of Manuscript Production | London | ||
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| Source of date Manuscript Production | Wiggins, 2003 | ||
| Material | Parchment | ||
| Language of Manuscript | Middle English | ||
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| Prose or Verse | Verse | ||
| Other texts in the Manuscript | This text appears in fols 85 r - 99 v; fragmentary: missing c. 1400 lines. It is preceded by 'Sir Degare', and followed by 'Floris and Blanchefleur' - two Middle English verse romances. | ||
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| Illustrations | No | ||
| Digitisation | https://auchinleck.nls.uk/index.html | ||
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Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
| Short Story | Sequence Number | Narrator | Name Variations |
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| Arbor | 1 | Empress | |
| Canis | 2 | Bancillas | |
| Aper | 3 | Empress | |
| Medicus | 4 | Ancilles | |
| Gaza | 5 | Empress | |
| Puteus | 6 | Lentulus | Lentilioun |
| Senescalcus | 7 | Empress | |
| Tentamina | 8 | Malquidras | |
| Virgilius | 9 | Empress | |
| Avis | 10 | Cato | Catoun |
| Sapientes | 11 | Empress | |
| Vidua | 12 | Jesse | Not named in text - presumed 'Jesse' from analogues |
| Roma | 13 | Empress |
