Berlin Staatsbibliothek mgf 59

Manuscript
Reference Number	Ger2
Location	Berlin, Staatsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark	Berlin Staatsbibliothek mgf 59
Page/Folio range	95r-133r
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)
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	Germany
Date of Manuscript Production	1432 - 1437
Source of date Manuscript Production	Roth (2003), Handschriftencensus 4378: https://handschriftencensus.de/4378
Material	Paper
Language of Manuscript	German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific Language of Manuscript	Elsässisch
Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript	Hommers (1968)
Prose or Verse	Prose
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).
Script style/form
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	238
Height	265
Width	187
Illustrations	No
Digitisation	http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00015A5A00000000
Modern Editions
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (2004), Roth (2003), Hommers (1968)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Short Story	Sequence Number	Narrator	Name Variations
Arbor	1	Empress
Canis	2	Bancillas	Bacillas
	3	Empress
	4	Lentulus
	5	Empress
	6	Cato	Katho
	7	Empress
	8	Malquidras	Malquindrach
	9	Empress
	10