Basel Universitätsbibliothek Mscr. E II 13

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Latin22
Location Basel, Universitätsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Mscr. E II 13
Page/Folio range 201ra-236va
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Historia Septem Sapientum
Incipit or textual title [P]Otencianus jn urbe romana regnauit prudens valde
Version (siglum) H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
Language Group within Version Latin Version H
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Group II
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text Bl2
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Roth (2004)
Languages
Language of text Latin
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions Roth, Historia Septem Sapientum (2004)
Note

The colophon indicates awareness of the existence of spiritual interpretations (see Roth 2004, p.43).

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Dominikanerkloster Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Date of Manuscript Production 1440
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Roth (2004)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 253
Height 290
Width 210
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • 1ra-167r: Compendium chronicarum
  • 167v-169v: blank
  • 170r-177r: Bulla concilii Basiliensis responsiva ad invectivas Eugenii IV papae
  • 177v: blank
  • 178r-209v: Caspar de Mantua: Schismoloquium
  • 210ra-236va: Historia septem sapientum
  • 236vb: blank
  • 237ra-248ra: Nicholaus Treveth: Declamationes Senecae moralizatae
  • 248ra-248va: Sermo de discliplina clericali
  • 248vb: blank
  • 249ra-250vb: Petrus de Alliaco: Meditatio super ps. 42 >Iudica me deus et discerne<
  • 250vb-253vb: Petrus de Alliaco: Sermo de sancta trinitate
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Roth (2004)Beschreibungen Basel
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript