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 | ||
| └ 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) | |||
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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.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7641&CollID=28&NStart=1995 See also Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version), EETS O.S. 191, OUP, 1933 | ||
| 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 | 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), | ||
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | |||
| Height | 280 | ||
| Width | 195 | ||
| Illustrations | No | ||
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| Catalogue | |||
| Modern Research Literature | Karl Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) EETS O.S. 191, OUP, 1933, Jill Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version), EETS O.S. 324, OUP, 2005 | ||
| General Notes (Internal) | Large initials in red throughout the manuscript. Text not fully digitised; online record at the British Library website: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7641&CollID=28&NStart=1995 | ||
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