Hamburg Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Cod. germ. 1
From Seven Sages of Rome
| Manuscript | |||
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| Reference Number | Ger31 | ||
| Location | Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek | ||
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibl., Cod. germ. 1 | ||
| Page/Folio range | ff. 109r-211r | ||
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| Version (siglum) | H (Historia Septem Sapientum) | ||
| └ Language Group within Version | German Version H | ||
| └ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version | Verse Version H | ||
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (1) | Anonymous Verse Version | ||
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (2) | Text H | ||
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | Prose Version H | ||
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (2004) | ||
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| Place of Manuscript Production | |||
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1454 | ||
| Source of date Manuscript Production | Handschiftencensus 4859: https://handschriftencensus.de/4859 | ||
| Material | Paper | ||
| Language of Manuscript | German (High and Low German) | ||
| Regional or specific Language of Manuscript | Schwäbisch | ||
| Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript | Handschriftencensus 4859: https://handschriftencensus.de/4859, Heiles (2018) | ||
| Prose or Verse | Verse | ||
| Other texts in the Manuscript | The codex is in two parts. Part one largely contains recipes and practical texts; part two is the 'Sieben Weise Meisters'.
Part I: ff. 1r-57r: collection of medical recipes, including: ff. 3v-4r: 'Macer' (German, Vulgate) [Prose preface] ff. 4ra-4va, 6ra-11vb: Herbal compilation from 'Macer' ff. 57v-61r: Volmar: 'Das Steinbuch' (H) ff. 62r-63v: 'Lunar' ff. 64r: Prognostications for the new year ff. 65ra-69va: Recipes (for cooking) ff. 69va-71ra: Gottfried von Franken: 'Pelzbuch' ff. 71ra-75ra: Rezept(e) für Farben und Tinte ff. 75va-98vb: 'Lucidarius' (Ha1), up to II.27; from ff. 89ra: Honorius Augustodunensis: 'Elucidarium' (German) Part II: ff. 109r-211r: 'Sieben weise Meister' (anonyme Versbearbeitung einer dt. Prosafassung der 'Historia septem sapientum') (H) | ||
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| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 214 | ||
| Height | 290 | ||
| Width | 190 | ||
| Illustrations | No | ||
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Note: This manuscript has been partially digitised - but only Part I, not Part II, which contains the Sieben weise Meister text. Access to digital copies of Part I may be found here and here
