Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, français 573
From The Seven Sages of Rome
Manuscript Identification
Reference Number
Fr2
Siglum / Shelfmark
Français 573 (formerly 7069)
Page / Folio range
163-195
Textual Content & Tradition
Standardised title of narrative
Incipit or textual title
C'est a savoir que jadis avoit un empereour a Romme qui ot non Dioclisiens. Il avoit eu femme
Version (siglum)
Language Group within Version
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Source for textual relationship
Languages
Language of text
Digitisation & Editions
Digitisation
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9059154c/f163.item, Paris, Les Manuscrits françois de la Bibliothèque du Roi (1842)
Modern Editions
Note
This text contains miniatures the beginning of the text, and of each of the fifteen stories it contains.
Authorship & Production
Place of Production
Date of Production
1400 - 1450
Source of Date of Production
Physical Description
Contents & Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
13r - 146v: Brunetto Latini, 'Tresor'
147r - 162v: Chronique de Turpin version Johannes
162 - 163: Généalogie des rois de France
163r - 191v: Sept sages de Rome, version M
195r - 269r: Gilles de Rome, Livre du Gouvernement de Roys & Princes
269v - 272v: Lettre d'Hippocrate à César; Receptes & medicinesCatalogues & Research Literature
Embedded Stories in This Manuscript
| Has Short Title | Has Sequence Number | Has Narrator | Has Name Variation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor – The Tree | 1 | Empress | |
| Canis – The Faithful Dog | 2 | Bancillas | |
| Aper – The Boar and the Fruit | 3 | Empress | |
| Medicus – The Doctor | 4 | Anxilles | Anxilles |
| Gaza – The Treasure | 5 | Empress | |
| Avis – The Bird | 6 | Chaton | |
| Filius | 7 | Empress | |
| Vidua – The Widow | 8 | Lentulus | |
| Nutrix | 9 | Empress | |
| Anthenor – The King's Daughter | 10 | Jesse | |
| Spurius | 11 | Empress | |
| Cardamum | 12 | Lentulus | |
| Assassinus | 13 | Empress | |
| Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife | 14 | Markes |
Research Material
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