Manuscripts of the Seven Sages of Rome and related texts
- Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS Peniarth 120, fols. 47r–67r. Online at http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4619123(Opens in a new tab or window) [trans. Jones = Aw].
- Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd. 1. 17, vol. 3, fols. 54r–63r [ed. Whitelock = D].
- Cambridge, University Library, MS Ff. 2. 38, fols. 134r–156v [ed. Brunner = F].
- Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, MS 16500, fols. 167r–209v. Online at https://digital.nls.uk/235163104(Opens in a new tab or window) [ed. van Buuren = Hs].
- Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, MS Advocates’ 19. 2. 1, fols. 85r–99v. Online at https://digital.nls.uk/233337262(Opens in a new tab or window) [ed. Brunner = A; base manuscript lines A120–A2770, fols. 85r–99v].
- Florence, Bibliotheca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Ashburnham 52, fols. 136v–162r [ed. Runte = M].
- Istanbul, Şehid Ali Paşa Library, MS 2743 [= SindA].
- London, British Library, MS Arundel 140, fols. 152r–165v [ed. Brunner = Ar].
- London, British Library, MS Cotton Galba E. IX, fols. 25r–48r [ed. Campbell = C].
- London, British Library, MS Egerton 1995, fols. 3r–54v [ed. Brunner = E; base manuscript lines E1–E103, E903–07, and E2786–E3579, fols. 3r–4r, 16r, and 43r–54v].
- Luxemburg, Bibliothèque nationale, MS 110, fols. 139r–170v [trans. Gilleland = Do]. Online at https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16270#0037(Opens in a new tab or window).
- Oxford, Balliol College, MS 354, fols. 18r–54v. Online at https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/e0d10554-db39-4b58-a944-45da5e66248e/(Opens in a new tab or window) [ed. Brunner = B].
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson Poet. 175, fols. 109r–131v [ed. Campbell = R].
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS fr. 1553, fols. 338v–367v. Online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8454669r(Opens in a new tab or window) [ed. Speer and Foehr-Janssens = K].
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS fr. 2137, fols. 1r–46v. Online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b525184500/f102.item(Opens in a new tab or window). [ed. Derniame, Henin, and Nais = A*].
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS fr. 5036, fols. 42r–72r [ed. Paris = D*].
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, MS fr. 19166, fols. 1r–30r. Online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90633265(Opens in a new tab or window) [ed. Le Roux de Lincy = L].
- Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, MS 13538, fols. 5r–160r [trans. Beaulieu = S].
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