British Library Egerton 1995
From Seven Sages of Rome
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| Reference Number | Eng3 | ||
| Location | London, British Library | ||
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Egerton 1995, ff. 3-54v | ||
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| Version (siglum) | A* (Southern English, Y Group) | ||
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| Place of Manuscript Production | London | ||
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1475/1500 | ||
| Source of date Manuscript Production | British Library website: https://www.bKarl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS, OUP, 1933 | ||
| Material | Paper | ||
| Language of Manuscript | English | ||
| Regional or specific Language of Manuscript | Middle English | ||
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| Prose or Verse | Verse | ||
| Other texts in the Manuscript | Miscellany of prose and verse, including ; the Seven Sages of Rome (ff. 3-54v); Gregory's Chronicle, a dietary (ff. 66-77); John Page's poem The Siege of Rouen; a chronicle of London, breaking off in 1470. Also: 'Properties that longyth to a yong gentylman', Latin prophesies, the 'sapienta physicorum' (attibuted to Lydgate) (ff.77-79) , The Boke of Curtesy (ff. 55-58), | ||
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| Height | 280 | ||
| Width | 195 | ||
| Illustrations | No | ||
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| Modern Research Literature | Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS, OUP, 1933 | ||
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