Melk Stiftsbibliothek Cod. 946 (956, R 36)

From Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript
Reference Number Latin58
Location Melk, Stiftsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Cod. 946 (956, R 36)
Page/Folio range 1-43
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)
Scribe Michael de Iudenburga
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Benediktinerstift Melk, Austria
Date of Manuscript Production 1470/1480
Source of date Manuscript Production Roth (2004)
Material Paper
Language of Manuscript Latin
Regional or specific Language of Manuscript
Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript
Prose or Verse Prose
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

Script style/form
Total pages/folios in Manuscript I + 195
Height 300
Width 230
Illustrations No
Digitisation
Modern Editions Roth, Historia Septem Sapientum (2004)
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Roth (2004)Catalogus

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).