München Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Cgm 634

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Latin171
Location München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Cgm 634
Page/Folio range 28ra-34va
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Historia Septem Sapientum
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum) H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
Language Group within Version Latin Version H
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Excerpts in Gesta Romanorum
Further scholarly subgroup (1) Continental Group w
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text Mü11
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)Oesterley, Gesta Romanorum (1872)
Note
  • the folio range regards the excerpts of the Historia according to Roth; the Gesta Romanorum folio range is 1ra-46vb
  • number in Oesterley: 69
  • includes opening frame narrative
  • following "Canis" is first the spiritual interpretation of the frame narrative before the interpretation of the story (indicated by a 'xx+' in Roth 2004, p.120, 126)
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production south-west Germany
Date of Manuscript Production 1400 - 1425
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Roth (2004)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 295
Height 295
Width 205
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript (selection)
  • fol. 206ra-284rb = Marquard von Lindau: 'Auslegung des Johannesevangeliums 1,1-14', dt.
  • Henricus de Frimaria
  • Bonjohannes de Messina
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue Handschriftencensus: https://handschriftencensus.de/8453Handschriftenportal: https://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/HSP0004BB8400000000
Modern Research Literature Roth (2004)Oesterley (1872)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript