Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 618

From Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript
Reference Number
Location Berlin, Staatsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Ms. lat. qu. 618
Page/Folio range 118r-135v
Standardised title of narrative Mishle Sendebar/Historia Septem Sapientum
Incipit or textual title Historia de Septem Sapientibus
Version (siglum) Mishle Sendebar
Language Group within Version Latin Mishle Sendebar
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) Hebrew Mishle Sendebar
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Hilka (1912)
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Bergamo, Italy
Date of Manuscript Production 1407
Source of date Manuscript Production Hilka (1912)
Material Paper
Language of Manuscript Latin
Regional or specific Language of Manuscript
Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript
Prose or Verse
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • Folios 1r — 105v: The Latin translation of Marco Polo's travels in three books by Franciscus Pipinus de Bononia of the Order of Preachers (along with a prologue).
  • Folios 105v — 118v: De locis terrae sanctae visitatis per me fratrem Franciscum Pipinum civem Bononiensem de ordine predicatorum ("On the places of the Holy Land visited by me, Brother Franciscus Pipinus, citizen of Bologna, of the Order of Preachers").
  • Folios 118r — 135r: Incipit ystoria de Septem sapientibus ("Here begins the story of the Seven Wise Men")
Script style/form German
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 148
Height
Width
Illustrations No
Digitisation
Modern Editions Hilka, Historia Septem Sapientum (Latin Mishle Sendebar) (1912)
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Hilka (1912)Epstein (1967)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Short StorySequence NumberNarratorName Variations
Leo1First Master
Avis2First Master
Lavator3Empress
Turtures4Second Master
Catula5Second Master
Striga and Fons6Empress
Canis7Third Master
Pallium8Third Master
Simia9Empress
Panes10Fourth Master
Zuchara11Fourth Master
Aper12Empress
Balneator13Fifth Master
Gladius14Fifth Master
Absalom Rebellus15Empress
Absalom Mortuus16Sixth Master
Nomina17Sixth Master
Juvenis Femina18Seventh Master
Gibbosi19Seventh Master
Inclusa20Prince