Berlin Staatsbibliothek mgq 1484

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Ger40
Location Berlin, Staatsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Berlin, Staatsbibl., mgq 1484 (previously Cheltenham, Bibl. Phillippica, Ms. 16376)
Page/Folio range 32r-46v
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Aventewr von Diocleciano
Incipit or textual title Abenteur von Diocleciano
Version (siglum) Aventewr von Diocleciano
Language Group within Version
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Gerdes (1981)
Languages
Language of text German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific Language of text BairischBairisch-ÖsterreichischSchwäbisch
Source for regional or specific Language of text Handschriftencensus 4531: https://www.handschriftencensus.de/4531
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions
Authorship and Production
Scribe Jorius
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production 1424/1428
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Handschriftencensus 4531: https://www.handschriftencensus.de/4531
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 321
Height 275
Width 205
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript Part I:
  • 1ra-116rb: 'Gesta Romanorum' (Redaction B)
  • 117ra-161vb: Jacobus de Cessolis, 'Schachzabelbuch'
  • 162ra: Verses and riddles


Part II:

  • 164ra-200rb: Konrad von Megenberg: 'Buch der Natur'
  • 200va-223vb: 'Problemata Aristotelis'
  • 224ra-226va: 'Vision auf das Jahr 1401'
  • 226va-vb: Moral complaint
  • 227ra-259va: 'Regimen sanitatis'
  • 259va-260va: 'Theriak-Traktat'
  • 260va-270va: Medical treatise
  • 271ra-277vb: 'Freidank'
  • 274ra-274va: 'Vom Pfennig'
  • 278ra-286vb: 'Cato'
  • 287ra-307vb: Hugo von Trimberg: 'Der Renner'
  • 308ra-va: 'Verworfene Tage'
  • 309ra-314r: 'Freidank'
  • 314r-321r: Medical texts and blessings
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Priebsch (1896)Gerdes (1981)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript