Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38
From Seven Sages of Rome
| Manuscript | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference Number | Eng5 | ||
| Location | Cambridge University Library | ||
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Cambridge University Library MS Ff. 2, 38 | ||
| Page/Folio range | 134r-156v | ||
| Standardised title of narrative | The Seven Sages of Rome | ||
| Incipit or textual title | |||
| Version (siglum) | A (Seven Sages) | ||
| └ Language Group within Version | Middle English Version A | ||
| └ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version | Y Group | ||
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (1) | Southern English | ||
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (2) | Text F | ||
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | |||
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Whitelock (2005) | ||
| Scribe | |||
| Author | |||
| Place of Manuscript Production | England | ||
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1400/1500 | ||
| Source of date Manuscript Production | Brunner (1933), Whitelock (2005), British Library website | ||
| Material | Paper | ||
| Language of Manuscript | English | ||
| Regional or specific Language of Manuscript | Middle English | ||
| Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript | |||
| Prose or Verse | Verse | ||
| Other texts in the Manuscript | The Seven Sages follows a copy of Bevis of Hampton. Also contained in the MS are other English prose and verse, some religious and didactic (e.g. [Th]e lyfe of Seynt Kateryn, How the goode man taught hys sone) others secular (fabliaux, romances, etc.: The Erle of Tolous, Syr Egyllamoure of Artas, Syr Tryamowre, Octavian, Guy of Warwick, Le Bone Florence of Rome, Robert of Sicily, Sir Degare). | ||
| Script style/form | |||
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | |||
| Height | |||
| Width | |||
| Illustrations | No | ||
| Digitisation | |||
| Modern Editions | Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933) | ||
| Catalogue | |||
| Modern Research Literature | Brunner (1933), McSparran (1979) | ||
Note
Unlike the other texts that contain the Southern English version of The Seven Sages, this MS has an different story order (Puteus instead of Canis as the second story, Tentamina instead of Medicus as the fourth, Vidua instead of Puteus as the fifth, Canis and Medicus as the 8th and 12th stories). Additionally, Senescalcus and Virgilius are wholly absent. In their place are stories that Brunner titled 'Parricida' (story 7) and 'Armiger' (story 9).
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
