Melk Stiftsbibliothek Cod. 946 (956, R 36)

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Latin58
Location Melk, Stiftsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Cod. 946 (956, R 36)
Page/Folio range 1-43
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Historia Septem Sapientum
Incipit or textual title Ex gestis siue Cronicis Romanorum contexitur hec hystoria de imperatore ponciano qui filiam regis Romanourm duxit vxorem cum qua vnicum genuit filium nomine dioclecianum. de quo sonant sequencia scripta iocunde legentibus et audientibus etc. Dyoclecianus regnauit in ciuitate romana diues valde
Version (siglum) H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
Language Group within Version Latin Version H
Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version Group IV
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2) Text Me1
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

According to Roth, Teil I (part I) was originally the 2nd part of 3 parts. The 1st part is Cod. 133 (264, E 55) today (for an index of former part one see Roth 2004, p.85, footnote 70).

Authorship and Production
Scribe Michael de Iudenburga
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Benediktinerstift Melk, Austria
Date of Manuscript Production 1470/1480
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Roth (2004)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript I + 195
Height 300
Width 230
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • Ir : index
  • Iv : blank


Teil I:

  • 1-43 : Historia septem sapientum
  • 43-162b : Gesta Romanorum moralizata


Teil II:

  • 163a-164a : Exempla de tribus regibus
  • 164a-180a : Nicolaus Treveth: Declamationes Senecae moralizatae
  • 180a-182a : Exempla moralizata
  • 182a-185a : Aenigmata Aristotelis moralizata
  • 185a-192b : Odo von Cheriton: Fabulae (moralizatae), excerpt


Teil III:

  • 193a-353a : Antonius Rampegolus: Figurae bibliorum
  • 353a-354 : Sermo de dedicatione ecclesiae


Teil IV:

  • 355-390 : Otto von Hachberg: Epistola contra conciliabolum Basiliense ad Martinum Bohemum medicinae doctorem
  • 389 : Tafel zur Bestimmung der goldenen Zahl und der Sonntagsbuchstaben
  • 355-390 : De ortu et occisu signorum zodiaci
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Roth (2004)Catalogus
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