München Universitätsbibliothek 2° Cod. ms. 688

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Ger9
Location München, Universitätsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark München, Universitätsbibl., 2° Cod. ms. 688 (Cim. 102)
Page/Folio range 322r-369v
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Sieben weise Meister
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum) H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
Language Group within Version German Version H
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Prosafassung / Prose Version
Further scholarly subgroup (1) Redaction B
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text M
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Gerdes (1992)Gerdes (2004)
Languages
Language of text German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific Language of text SchwäbischWestschwäbisch
Source for regional or specific Language of text Handschriftencensus 6440: https://handschriftencensus.de/6440see also Hommers (1968)
Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions
Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Germany
Date of Manuscript Production 1450/75
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Handschriftencensus 6440: https://handschriftencensus.de/6440see also Kornrumpf and Völker (1968).
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 398
Height 266
Width 188
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • 1ra-56ra: 'Buch der Könige' (fragmentary; missing beginning)
  • 56va-141rb: 'Prosakaiserchronik' (M2)
  • 142ra-230va: 'Historienbibel' (Gruppe IV)
  • 230vb-260rb: 'Brandans Meerfahrt'
  • 261ra-274vb, 287ra-321rb: 'Lucidarius' (M10)
  • 275ra-286vb, 322ra-396va: 'Gesta Romanorum', (German Redaction G) including 322ra-369va: 'Sieben weise Meister'
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Gerdes (1992)Gerdes (2004)Hommers (1968)Kornrumpf and Völker (1968)Roth (2003)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript