British Library Ms Add 10291

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Ger35
Location London, British Library
Siglum/Shelfmark British Library Additional 10291
Page/Folio range 38ra-52ra
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Aventewr von Diocleciano
Incipit or textual title
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)Gerdes (1992)Gerdes (2004)
Languages
Language of text German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific Language of text BairischSüdbairisch
Source for regional or specific Language of text Handschriftencensus 5378: https://handschriftencensus.de/5378
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions
Authorship and Production
Scribe H. de Wey
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production 1400 or 1420
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Herbert (1910)Handschriftencensus 5378: https://handschriftencensus.de/5378
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 114
Height
Width
Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • 2-6b: chapter headings
  • 6b-8: chapter headings for 'Schachzabel' (not included in the codex)
  • 9ra-11vb: Gesta Romanorum (Redaction B), including:
    • 38ra-52ra - Sieben weise Meister
    • 103rb-107ra - Gydo und Thyrus
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Herbert (1910)Gerdes (1981)Gerdes (1992)Gerdes (2004)Hommers (1968)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript