| Manuscript Identification
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| Reference Number |
Eng2
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| Location |
London, British Library
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| Siglum/Shelfmark |
Arundel 140, ff. 152r-165v
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| Page/Folio range |
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| Textual Content and Tradition
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| Standardised title of narrative |
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| Incipit or textual title |
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| Version (siglum) |
A* (Southern English, Y Group)
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| └ Language Group within Version |
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| └ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version |
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| └ Further scholarly subgroup (1) |
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| └ Further scholarly subgroup (2) |
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| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) |
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| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition |
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| Languages
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| Language of text |
Middle English
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| Regional or specific Language of text |
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| Source for regional or specific Language of text |
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| Physical Description
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| Material |
Paper
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| Total pages/folios in Manuscript |
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| Height |
290
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| Width |
215
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| Script style/form |
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| Prose or verse |
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| Illustrations |
No
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| Contents and Additional Texts
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| Other texts in the Manuscript |
Fragmentary; only part of the narrative is present (missing the first 950 lines, so includes Medicus - Vaticinium). Contained in the first part of the MS (ff. 1-165) which contains a collection of legendary and devotional works in Middle English, including the Legend of Ipotis, The Prick of Conscience, Speculum Gy de Warwyke, and Mandeville's Travels; followed by Chaucer's Tale of Melibee.
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| Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
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Opening narration and stories 1-3 are missing from this MS