Roman[--] des sept sages de Rome. Roman de Mark de Rome.

Abstract:

The French romance of the Seven Sages of Rome in a prose version and its sequel, Marques of Rome. The Seven Sages of Rome is a collection of stories framed by a narrative in which the wicked empress of Rome attempts to persuade her husband the emperor to put his son to death. The Seven Sages, who are the young prince's teachers, tell the emperor stories to persuade him not to do so. In Marques of Rome, Mark, son of one of the Seven Sages, becomes the seneschal of the prince of the earlier romance, who has succeeded his father as emperor.

Date:

1350

Identifier:

9935615133503681; (OCoLC)ocn155925623; (OCoLC)155925623; (PU)3561513-penndb-Voyager; (CStRLIN)PAUR04-B6

Language:

French, Old (842-ca.1400)

Provenance:

Appears in Maggs Bros. catalog 687 (March 1940), no. 194.; Formerly owned by Bertram, Earl of Ashburnham; sold in the Ashburnham collection at auction at Sotheby's, 10 June 1901, lot 401.; Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 3679 (stamp, inside upper cover).; Sold by Laurence Witten, 1954.

Publisher:

[France], [1350?]

Relation:

Marques de Rome.; Seven sages of Rome.; Roman de Mark de Rome.

Subject:

Codices.; Manuscripts, French.; Manuscripts, Medieval.; Romances (document genre)

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

139 leaves : parchment; 175 x 117 (131 x 85) mm bound to 191 x 130 mm

Personal Name:

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.; Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878, former owner.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Foliation: Parchment, 142; 1-22, 24-34, 39-68, 69-73, 73-82, 83-91, 93-100, 100-110, 112-117, 119-142; later foliation in ink, upper right recto; later pagination in ink, [1-5], lower outer corner. According to the foliation, f. 2, 39, 67, 68, 82, and 142 are fragments and 23, 35-38, 92, 111 and 118 appear to be completely missing. The whole codex is a fragment of a larger work, so f. 1 and f. 142 are not true first and last pages.; Title of first work from explicit (f. 34r); title of second work from later spine, now removed.; Binding: Pulled from 19th-century pasteboards (Zacour-Hirsch).; Decoration: Red rubrics; blue 2-line initials with red ornamentation after rubrics, with simple blue and red decorations at the left margin of pages with initials.; Origin: Written in France, ca. 1350 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Old French.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 931