Leipzig Universitätsbibliothek Ms 919

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Latin30
Location Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Ms 919
Page/Folio range 157r-192v
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Historia Septem Sapientum
Incipit or textual title Historia septem sapientum POncianus regnauit in vrbe romana/ 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 L1
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

Text has many omissions and is divided in numerous sections (see Roth 2004, p.53).

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Dominikanerkloster Leipzig, Germany
Date of Manuscript Production 1450/1475
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Roth (2004)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 14 + 312
Height 300
Width 210
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • 14 Bll. vorgebunden (14 folios pre-bound): Index (Materienverzeichnis) to the first text, contents for the whole codex
  • 1r-73v : Johannes von Capistrano: Tractatus de usuris et contractibus
  • 74-84 : blank
  • 85r-116v : Johannes von Capistrano: Sermones
  • 117-120 : blank
  • 121r-131r : Sermones de tempore et de sanctis
  • 131v-132v : Verzeichnis der biblischen Bücher (index of biblical books)
  • 133r-153r : Die Goldene Bulle Kaiser Karls IV.
  • 153v : Von der Vorladung eines Fürsten
  • 154-156 : blank
  • 157r-192v : Historia septem sapientum
  • 192v-206v : Historia des Apollonius von Tyrus
  • 207-216 : blank
  • 217ra-246ra : Johannes von Hildesheim: Historia trium regum (including an Explicit from the hand of Dietrich von Boxdorf)
  • 246ra-305rb : Gesta Romanorum
  • 305v-312v: blank
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Roth (2004)Helssig (1905)
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