Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, ms. lat. 8506

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Latin36
Location Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Siglum/Shelfmark ms. lat. 8506
Page/Folio range 1r-33v
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Historia Septem Sapientum
Incipit or textual title PONCIANUS in vrbe 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 Pa
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 frame narrative between the internal narratives is heavily cut: From >Gaza< on, only the interpretation after the Empress' stories is included - the rest of the frame narrative is missing. From >Puteus< on, only the Sage's (intellexistis, intellexisti) question is included - the rest of the frame narrative is missing. Many words are crossed out (by another hand, as Roth suggests) (see Roth 2004, p.59).

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Central or Southern Germany
Date of Manuscript Production 1400/1450
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Roth (2004)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript II + 34
Height 280
Width 205
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript 1r-33v : Historia septem sapientum
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Roth (2004)Fischer (1902)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript