Berlin Staatsbibliothek mgf 59

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Ger2
Location Berlin, Staatsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Berlin Staatsbibliothek mgf 59
Page/Folio range 95r-133r
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Sieben weise Meister
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum) H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
Language Group within Version German Version H
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Prosafassung / Prose Version
Further scholarly subgroup (1) Redaction B
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text B1
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Gerdes (1992)Gerdes (2004)
Languages
Language of text German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific Language of text Elsässisch
Source for regional or specific Language of text Hommers (1968)
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00015A5A00000000
Modern Editions
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Germany
Date of Manuscript Production 1432 - 1437
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Roth (2003)Handschriftencensus 4378: https://handschriftencensus.de/4378
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 238
Height 265
Width 187
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript The codex exists in three parts. The first part consists solely of Daniel Sudermann's claim of ownership, and blank pages. The second part opens with the Alsatian Troy Book, followed by the Gesta Romanorum (version G, 93v-165r), within which the Seven Sages exists (95r-133r). The third part contains practical texts (medical, astronomical, agricultural).
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Gerdes (1992)Gerdes (2004)Roth (2003)Hommers (1968)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript