München Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Cgm 688

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Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Latin172
Location	München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark	Cgm 688
Page/Folio range	120v-131v

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Historia Septem Sapientum
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum)	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
└ Language Group within Version	Latin Version H
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Excerpts in Gesta Romanorum
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)	Continental Group w
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)	Text Mü12
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), Oesterley, Gesta Romanorum (1872)

Note
the folio range regards the excerpts of the Historia according to Roth; the Gesta Romanorum folio range is 67r-146v number in Oesterley: 70 includes opening frame narrative following "Canis" is first the spiritual interpretation of the frame narrative before the interpretation of the story (indicated by a 'xx+' in Roth 2004, p.120, 126)

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	Bayern, Germany
Date of Manuscript Production	1450 - 1453
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Roth (2004)

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	I + 251
Height	215
Width	155
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Prose
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	(selection) Antonius Rampegolus Glossare Gesta Romanorum Evangelistar Antonius Azaro de Parma (see Handschriftenportal) Part II Bl. 29ra-34ra = 'Abstractum-Glossar' Bl. 34r-66v = 'Liber ordinis rerum' (M10) Part VII Bl. 238r-243r = Beschlüsse des Konzils in Salzburg 1418 (fragm.) Bl. 243v = empty (see Handschriftencensus)

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue	Handschriftencensus: https://handschriftencensus.de/6253, Handschriftenportal: https://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/HSP0004C26800000000
Modern Research Literature	Roth (2004), Oesterley (1872)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript
Has Short Title Has Sequence Number Has Narrator Has Name Variation Canis – The Faithful Dog 1     Arbor – The Tree 2     Aper – The Boar and the Fruit 3     Puteus – The Well 4     Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels 8     Senescalcus and Roma – The Steward, and Rome Beseiged 9     Copy Embedded Stories Copy Embedded Stories × Select Target Page: Close Process