Erlangen Universitätsbibliothek Ms. B 11

Manuscript
Reference Number	Ger29
Location	Erlangen, Universitätsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark	Erlangen, Universitätsbibl., Ms. B 11
Page/Folio range	22r-154v
Standardised title of narrative	Sieben weise Meister
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum)	H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
└ Language Group within Version	German Version H
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Versfassung / Verse Version
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)	Verse Redaction B: Anonymous Verse Version
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)	Text E
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)	German Prosafassung / Prose Version
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (2004)
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1476
Source of date Manuscript Production	Handschriftencensus 2231: https://handschriftencensus.de/2231
Material	Paper
Language of Manuscript	German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific Language of Manuscript	Bairisch, Oberdeutsch-Bairisch
Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript	Pültz (1973), Handschriftencensus 2231
Prose or Verse	Verse
Other texts in the Manuscript	1r-22r: Religious prose treatise (incomplete) 22r-154r: Sieben weise Meister
Script style/form
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	155
Height	200
Width	150
Illustrations	No
Digitisation
Modern Editions	Keller, Altdeutsche Gedichte (1846)
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (2004), Pültz (1973), Paschke (1891)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Short Story	Sequence Number	Narrator	Name Variations
Arbor	1	Empress
Canis	2	Bancillas	Bantillas
Aper	3	Empress
Gaza	5	Empress
Avis	6	Cato	Katho Chatho
Sapientes	7	Empress
Tentamina	8	Malquidras	Malderach
Virgilius	9	Empress
Medicus	10
Senescalcus and Roma	11	Empress
Amatores	12
Inclusa	13	Empress
Vidua	14
Vaticinium and Amici	15	Prince

The emperor is called 'Principiano' in this text, and his son 'Dyacletianus'.