Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 1444

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Fr37
Location	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Siglum/Shelfmark	Français 1444 (formerly Regius 7534)
Page/Folio range	266r-289v

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Sept Sages de Rome
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum)	L (Sept Sages de Rome)
└ Language Group within Version	French Version L
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Foehr-Janssens (1994)

Languages
Language of text	Old French
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52513422x
Modern Editions	Le Roux de Lincy, Roman des Sept Sages de Rome (1838)

Note
The text is incomplete at the beginning and end. Some texts in the manuscript contain miniatures, but the Sept Sages text does not.

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1250 - 1300
Source of Date of Manuscript Production

Physical Description
Material	Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	329
Height	288
Width	225
Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	1r - 66r: Berengier, Bible 7 - 38: Herman de Valenciennes, Roman de Dieu et de sa mere 66r - 71r: Herman de Valenciennes, Assomption de Notre Dame 71r - 75v: Prière 75 - 78: Gérard, Plait de sapience et de folie 78r - 119r: Aldebrandin de Sienne, Régime du corps 119 - 126: Chronique de Turpin version Johannes 126: Anonyme, Les Cinq âges du monde 127r - 154r: Gautier d'Arras, Eracle 154 - 168: Reclus de Molliens, Miserere 168r - 170r: Helinant de Froidmont, Vers de la mort 170v - 217v: Gossuin de Metz, Image du monde, 2e rédaction 218r - 227v: Reclus de Molliens, Carité 228r - 240v: Alart de Cambrai, Moralités des philosophes 240v - 256r: Guillaume le Clerc de Normandie, Bestiaire divin 256r - 256v: Dit de l'unicorne 257r - 265v: Richard de Fournival, Bestiaire d'amour 266r - 289v: Sept sages de Rome, version L 289v - 311r: Marques de Rome 311r - 329v: Laurin, fils de Marques le Sénéchal

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc44994g
Modern Research Literature	Le Roux de Lincy (1838), Arlima: https://arlima.net/no/2316, JONAS: http://jonas.irht.cnrs.fr/manuscrit/45609, Busby (2002), Brereton (1953), Runte, Wikeley, Farrell (1984), Paris (1876), Speer (1981), Speer (1989), Maulu (2016), Roques (1983), Gilleland (1981)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript