Manchester John Rylands University Research Institute and Library Lat. MS 70

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Latin34
Location	Manchester, John Rylands University Research Institute and Library
Siglum/Shelfmark	Lat. MS 70
Page/Folio range	1r-42v

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Historia Septem Sapientum Moralizata
Incipit or textual title	POncianus in vrbe Romana regnauit 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 Ma
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
Manuscript is a copy of Würzburg Franziskaner-Minoritenkloster Ms 115 (see roth 2004, p.57). Regarding material: there are parchment strips between fol. 194 and 195 (see Roth 2004, p.57). Text has been heavily cut in the reoccurring frame parts (see Roth 2004, p.57).

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	Franconian-Central Germany
Date of Manuscript Production	1390
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Roth (2004)

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	258
Height	213
Width	145
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	1r-42v : Historia septem sapientum (moralizata) 43r-44v : blank 45r-70v : Robert Holkot: Moralitates 70v-88v : Johannes Ridewall: Fulgentius Metaforalis 89-92 : blank (fol. 90 is missing) 93r-116v : De octo beatitudinibus (followed by notes) 117r : blank 117v-137r : De xii consiliis 137v : blank 138r-139r : De peccato 139v-140v : blank 141r-190v : Postilla in Johannes 1 191-200 : blank 201r-240r : Super Genesim optima postilla 240v : Notizen (notes) 241-252 : missing 253r-261v : Wilhelm von Auvergne or Hartmann von Schildesche: De claustro animae 262r-263v : Notizen 264 : blank 265r-267r : Sermo ad clerum de assumptione virginis 267v-272r : Sermo in vigilia nativitatis 272v : blank

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Roth (2004), James (1921)

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