München Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Cgm 688

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Latin172
Location München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Cgm 688
Page/Folio range 120v-131v
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 Mü12
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 67r-146v
  • number in Oesterley: 70
  • 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 Bayern, Germany
Date of Manuscript Production 1450 - 1453
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Roth (2004)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript I + 251
Height 215
Width 155
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript (selection)
  • Antonius Rampegolus
  • Glossare
  • Gesta Romanorum
  • Evangelistar
  • Antonius Azaro de Parma

(see Handschriftenportal)


Part II

  • Bl. 29ra-34ra = 'Abstractum-Glossar'
  • Bl. 34r-66v = 'Liber ordinis rerum' (M10)

Part VII

  • Bl. 238r-243r = Beschlüsse des Konzils in Salzburg 1418 (fragm.)
  • Bl. 243v = empty

(see Handschriftencensus)

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue Handschriftencensus: https://handschriftencensus.de/6253Handschriftenportal: https://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/HSP0004C26800000000
Modern Research Literature Roth (2004)Oesterley (1872)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript