Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket Cod. C 179

From The Seven Sages of Rome

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number Latin40
Location Uppsala, Universitetsbiblioteket
Siglum/Shelfmark Cod. C 179
Page/Folio range 134v-166r
Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative Historia Septem Sapientum Moralizata
Incipit or textual title Sequitur prologus hystorie septem sapientum moralizata secundum spiritualem jntellectum POncianus aliqui libri habent Romilius jn 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 U1
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

“Historia” does not clearly stand out as an independent text from the “Gesta Romanorum” (see Roth 2004, p. 63).

The scribe has used at least three different manuscripts from three different editorial offices ("Redaktionen") (see Roth 2004, p.63).

Authorship and Production
Scribe Johannes Töte
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production 1446/1450
Source of Date of Manuscript Production Roth (2004)
Physical Description
Material Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript I + 218
Height 285
Width 210
Script style/form
Prose or verse Prose
Illustrations No
Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript
  • 1r-68v : Speculum humanae salvationis
  • 69r-193r : Gesta Romanorum moralizata; within (134v-166r): Historia septem sapientum moralizata
  • 193v-194v : blank
  • 195r-215v : Jubilaeus: Dialogus inter Jubilaeum et Felicem de vi et significatione anni jubilaei
  • 216r-217v : Clemens VI.: Bulla de indulgentiis anni jubilaei
  • 218 : blank
Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Roth (2004)Andersson-Schmitt / Hedlund (1989)
Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript