Edinburgh National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 19.2.1 (Auchinleck Manuscript)
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Textual Content & Tradition
Digitisation & Editions
Authorship & Production
Physical Description
Contents & Additional Texts
MS contents:
The Legend of Pope Gregory (ff.1r-6v)
The King of Tars (ff.7ra-13vb)
The Life of Adam and Eve (E ff.1ra-2vb; ff.14ra-16rb)
Seynt Mergrete (ff.16rb-21ra)
Seynt Katerine (ff.21ra-24vb)
St Patrick's Purgatory (ff.25ra-31vb)
þe Desputisoun Bitven þe Bodi and þe Soule (ff.31vb-35ra stub)
The Harrowing of Hell (ff.?35rb-?37rb or 37va stub)
The Clerk who would see the Virgin (ff.?37rb or 37va stub-38vb)
Speculum Gy de Warewyke (ff.39ra-?48rb stub)
Amis and Amiloun (ff.?48rb stub-?61va stub)
The Life of St Mary Magdalene (ff.?61Ava stub-65vb)
The Nativity and Early Life of Mary (ff.65vb-69va)
On the Seven Deadly Sins (ff.70ra-72ra)
The Paternoster (ff.72ra-?72rb or ?72va stub)
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (?72rb or ?72va stub-78ra)
Sir Degare (ff.78rb-?84rb stub)
The Seven Sages of Rome (ff.?84rb stub-99vb)
Floris and Blancheflour (ff.100ra-104vb)
The Sayings of the Four Philosophers (ff.105ra-105rb)
The Battle Abbey Roll (ff.105v-107r)
Guy of Warwick (couplets) (ff.108ra-146vb)
Guy of Warwick (stanzas) (ff.145vb-167rb)
Reinbroun (ff.167rb-175vb)
Sir Beues of Hamtoun (ff.176ra-201ra)
Of Arthour & of Merlin (ff.201rb-256vb)
þe Wenche þat Loved þe King (ff.256vb-256A thin stub)
A Peniworþ of Witt (ff.256A stub-259rb)
How Our Lady's Sauter was First Found (ff.259rb-260vb)
Lay le Freine (ff.261ra-262)
Roland and Vernagu (ff.?262va stub-267vb)
Otuel a Knight (ff.268ra-277vb)
Kyng Alisaunder (L f.1ra-vb; S A.15 f.1ra-2vb; L f.2ra-vb; ff.278-9)
The Thrush and the Nightingale (ff.279va-vb)
The Sayings of St Bernard (f.280ra)
Dauid þe King (ff.280rb-280vb)
Sir Tristrem (ff.281ra-299A thin stub)
Sir Orfeo (ff.299A stub-303ra)
The Four Foes of Mankind (f.303rb-303vb)
The Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle (ff.304ra-317rb)
Horn Childe & Maiden Rimnild (ff.317va-323vb)
Alphabetical Praise of Women (ff.324ra-325vb)
King Richard (f.326; E f.3ra-vb; S R.4 f.1ra-2vb; E f.4ra-vb; f.327)
þe Simonie (ff.328r-334v)Catalogues & Research Literature
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 | Hancyllas |
| Aper – The Boar and the Fruit | 3 | Empress | |
| Medicus – The Doctor | 4 | Anxilles | Ancilles |
| Gaza – The Treasure | 5 | Empress | |
| Puteus – The Well | 6 | Lentulus | Lentilioun |
| Senescalcus – The Seneschal | 7 | Empress | |
| Tentamina – The Test | 8 | Malquidras | Maladas |
| Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels | 9 | Empress | |
| Avis – The Bird | 10 | Cato | Caton, Catoun |
| Sapientes – The Wise Men | 11 | Empress | |
| Vidua – The Widow | 12 | Jesse | |
| Roma – Rome Besieged | 13 | Empress | |
| Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife | 14 | Maxencius | Marcius |
Research Material
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