Edinburgh National Library of Scotland Advocates MS 19.2.1 (Auchinleck Manuscript)

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Manuscript Identification

Reference Number
Eng1
Location
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland
Siglum / Shelfmark
'Auchinleck' MS, Advocates MS 19.2.1
Page / Folio range
85r-99v

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative
The Seven Sages of Rome
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 A
Source for textual relationship
Whitelock (2005), Brunner (1933)

Languages

Language of text
English
Regional / specific language
Middle English

Digitisation & Editions

Digitisation
https://auchinleck.nls.uk/index.html
Modern Editions
Brunner, The Seven Sages of Rome (Southern Version) (1933), Wiggins, The Auchinleck Manuscript (2003)

Note

'Roma' is fragmentary; text is missing final stories and conclusion.

Authorship & Production


Place of Production
London
Date of Production
1331/1340
Source of Date of Production
Wiggins, The Auchinleck Manuscript (2003)

Physical Description

Material
Parchment
Total pages / folios
331
Height
250
Width
190
Prose or verse
Verse
Illustrations
No

Contents & Additional Texts

Other texts in the Manuscript
The Seven Sages text appears in fols 85 r - 99 v; fragmentary: missing c. 1400 lines.

MS contents: The Legend of Pope Gregory (1r-6v) The King of Tars (7ra-13vb) The Life of Adam and Eve (1ra-2vb; 14ra-16rb) Seynt Mergrete (16rb-21ra) Seynt Katerine (21ra-24vb) St Patrick's Purgatory (25ra-31vb) þe Desputisoun Bitven þe Bodi and þe Soule (31vb-35ra stub) The Harrowing of Hell (35rb-?37rb or 37va stub) The Clerk who would see the Virgin (37rb or 37va stub-38vb) Speculum Gy de Warewyke (39ra-?48rb stub) Amis and Amiloun (?48rb stub-?61va stub) The Life of St Mary Magdalene (?61Ava stub-65vb) The Nativity and Early Life of Mary (65vb-69va) On the Seven Deadly Sins (70ra-72ra) The Paternoster (72ra-?72rb or ?72va stub) The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (?72rb or ?72va stub-78ra) Sir Degare (78rb-?84rb stub) The Seven Sages of Rome (?84rb stub-99vb) Floris and Blancheflour (100ra-104vb) The Sayings of the Four Philosophers (105ra-105rb) The Battle Abbey Roll (105v-107r) Guy of Warwick (couplets) (108ra-146vb) Guy of Warwick (stanzas) (145vb-167rb) Reinbroun (167rb-175vb) Sir Beues of Hamtoun (176ra-201ra) Of Arthour & of Merlin (201rb-256vb) þe Wenche þat Loved þe King (256vb-256A thin stub) A Peniworþ of Witt (256A stub-259rb) How Our Lady's Sauter was First Found (259rb-260vb) Lay le Freine (261ra-262) Roland and Vernagu (?262va stub-267vb) Otuel a Knight (268ra-277vb) Kyng Alisaunder (L f.1ra-vb; S A.15 f.1ra-2vb; L f.2ra-vb; ff.278-9) The Thrush and the Nightingale (279va-vb) The Sayings of St Bernard (280ra) Dauid þe King (280rb-280vb) Sir Tristrem (281ra-299A thin stub) Sir Orfeo (299A stub-303ra) The Four Foes of Mankind (303rb-303vb) The Anonymous Short English Metrical Chronicle (304ra-317rb) Horn Childe & Maiden Rimnild (317va-323vb Alphabetical Praise of Women (324ra-325vb) King Richard (326; E f.3ra-vb; S R.4 f.1ra-2vb; E f.4ra-vb; f.327)

þe Simonie (328r-334v)

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue
Modern Research Literature
Brunner (1933), Heltveit (1964), Whitelock (2005), Wiggins (2003), Bonsall (2024), Bonsall and Piercy (2025)

Embedded Stories in This Manuscript

Research Material

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