London British Library Egerton 1995
From The 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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| Languages | |
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| Language of text | Middle English |
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| Place of Manuscript Production | London |
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1475/1500 |
| Source of Date of Manuscript Production | British Library website: https://www.bKarl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS, OUP, 1933 |
| Physical Description | |
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| Material | Paper |
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | |
| Height | 280 |
| Width | 195 |
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| Prose or verse | |
| Illustrations | No |
| Contents and Additional Texts | |
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| 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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| Modern Research Literature | Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS, OUP, 1933 |
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