Città del Vaticano Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Cod. Pal. Lat. 862

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Latin177
Location	Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Siglum/Shelfmark	Pal. Lat. 862
Page/Folio range	24-42

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Liber de Septem Sapientibus (Scala Coeli)
Incipit or textual title	Historia de septem sapientibus. Legitur in libro de septem sapientibus quod fuit rome quidam imperator dioclecianus nomine
Version (siglum)	S (Scala Coeli)
└ Language Group within Version	Latin Version S
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Latin Version S Manuscripts
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)	Latin Version S (Not in Scala Coeli)
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)	Latin Version S
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Cañizares Ferriz (2011)

Languages
Language of text	Latin
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Pal.lat.862/0001
Modern Editions

Note
This manuscript is in two parts; the first is 15th c. (paper, containing the Liber Septem Sapientibus), while the second is 13th c.

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author	Jean Gobi the Younger
Place of Manuscript Production	Italy
Date of Manuscript Production	1401 - 1500
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Cañizares Ferriz (2011)

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	108
Height
Width
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	The manuscript is in two parts. Part 1: (15th c., paper) 1-16: Vita sancti Iuliani martyris 17-23: Vita beate Marine virginis 24-42: Historia de septem sapientibus 44-62: Domini Francisci Petrarche libellus augustalis et est usque Rupertum ducem Baruariae et Regen Romanorum Part II: (13th c., parchment) 67-108v: Latin texts (see catalogue descriptions)

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	https://digi.vatlib.it/mss/detail/Pal.lat.862
Modern Research Literature	Cañizares Ferriz (2011)

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