Città del Vaticano Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Cod. Ross. 1144

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Latin18
Location Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Siglum/Shelfmark Cod. Ross. 1144
Page/Folio range 86va-118va
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Historia Septem Sapientum Moralizata
Incipit or textual title Incipiunt hystorie septem sapientum secundum spiritualem intellectum Poncianus in ciuitate Romana regnauit prudens valde
Version (siglum) H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
Language Group within Version Latin Version H
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Group I
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text V3
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

3rd reductio to >Arbor< is missing, 2nd reductio to each >Aper<, >Puteus<, >Gaza<, >Avis<, >Tentamina<, >Medicus<, >Inclusa<, >Vidua< is missing (see Roth 2004, p.38).

"Historia" clearly stands out as an independent text from the "Gesta Romanorum" (Roth 2004, p.38).

Regarding manuscript name: formerly "Lainz Jesuitenkonvent XI 2833" (see Roth 2004, p.38).

Scribe of "Teil II" is Otto Stadlau (Roth 2004, P.38).

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production 1393
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Roth (2004)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 164
Height 207
Width 147
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript Teil I:
  • 1ra-86va : Gesta Romanorum moralizata
  • 86va-118va : Historia septem sapientum moralizata
  • 118va-119va : index to both works
  • 119va-vb : Latin and German sayings (Roth: "Sprüche"), one part of a moral theological tract


Teil II:

  • 120ra-161vb : Gesta Romanorum moralizata
  • 162r-163v : index to the Gesta Romanorum
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Roth (2004)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript