Hamburg Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Cod. germ. 1

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Manuscript
Reference Number Ger31
Location Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibl., Cod. germ. 1
Page/Folio range ff. 109r-211r
Standardised title of narrative
Incipit or textual title
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)
Scribe
Author
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/4859Heiles (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)

Total pages/folios in Manuscript 214
Height 290
Width 190
Illustrations No
Digitisation
Modern Editions
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature
General Notes (Internal)


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 (ff. 1r-10r, 26v-63r, 64r-76r) and here (ff. 65r-101r, 212r).