Stuttgart Württembergische Landesbibliothek HB XII 20

From Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript
Reference Number Latin39
Location Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark HB XII 20
Page/Folio range 66rb-97vb
Standardised title of narrative Historia Septem Sapientum
Incipit or textual title Sequitur nunc de septem sapientibus
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 St
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Roth (2004)
Scribe Schwitzer
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Kloster Wiblingen, Ulm-Wiblingen, Germany
Date of Manuscript Production
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 : blank

Iv : contents 1ra-66ra : Gesta Romanorum moralizata 66rb-97vb : Historia septem sapientum 98ra-101vb : De Gregorio quomodo factus fuit papa 102ra-103rb : De arbore habens VII ramos 103va-120rb : Legenden 120rb-128va : Exempla (mostly Christian) 128va-131va : De passione Christi et planctu Mariae 131va-vb : Exempla 132ra-134vb : De Adam et Eua 134vb-135ra : De indigne communicantibus 135rb-vb : De S. Gertrudis virgine 136-137 : blank

Total pages/folios in Manuscript 140
Height 295
Width 205
Illustrations No
Digitisation
Modern Editions Roth, Historia Septem Sapientum (2004)
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Roth (2004)Oesterley (1872)Buhl / Kurras (1969)
General Notes (Internal) completed by Elisabeth Böttcher

Note

"Historia" (relatively) clearly stands out as an independent text from the "Gesta Romanorum" (see Roth 2004, p.62).