München Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Clm 18786

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Latin13
Location München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Clm 18786
Page/Folio range 140vb-212v
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Historia Septem Sapientum Moralizata
Incipit or textual title Incipiunt Hystorie .7. 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 M8
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

"Historia" clearly stands out as an independent text from the "Gesta Romanorum", because - in contrast to the "Gesta" - it is written in a single column (see Roth 2004, p.33).

Some passages contain transscription errors (ibid.).

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production 1419
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Roth (2004)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript I + 298 (+16 blank folios)
Height 210
Width 145
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • Ir : donation note and index
  • Iv : and an inserted folio: blank
  • 140vb-212v : Gesta Romanorum moralizata
  • 213r-216v : index (ending ripped out) with additions by later hands
  • 217v : blank, followed by 1 blank folio
  • 218v : blank, followed by 3 blank folios
  • 219r-246v : additional note to the Gesta Romanorum, followed by 4 blank folios
  • 247r-298v : Statuta ceremonialia monachorum, followed by 7 blank folios
  • 299-315 : blank
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Roth (2004)Oesterley (1872)Halm / Laubmann (1878)Dick (1890)Fischer (1902)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript