Frankfurt a. M. Universitätsbibliothek Ms. Praed. 91

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Ger4
Location	Frankfurt a. M. Universitätsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark	Frankfurt a. M., Universitätsbibl., Ms. Praed. 91
Page/Folio range	ff. 69v-129r

Textual Content and Tradition
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	Prose Version H
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)	Redaction B
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)	Text Fr
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Udo Gerdes, 'Sieben weise Meister', Verfasserlexikon, Vol 8 (1992), pp. 1174-1189, and Vol 11 (2004), pp. 1430.

Languages
Language of text	Rheinfränkisch
Regional or specific Language of text
Source for regional or specific Language of text

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:2-15666
Modern Editions

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1477/1498
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Handschriftencensus 4757: https://handschriftencensus.de/4757, Gerhardt Powitz, Die Handschriften des Dominikanerklosters und des Leonhardstifts in Frankfurt am Main (Kataloge der Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main 2,I), Frankfurt a.M. 1968, pp. 211-214.

Physical Description
Material	Parchment and paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	129
Height	225
Width	170
Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	ff. 2r-19v: Maria Aegyptiaca' (Rheinfrk. Verslegende) ff. 20r-36r = 'Veronika' II ff. 37v-62r = Losbuch der Beginen und Begarden [fragm.] ff. 64r-68r = Zodiakalmondbuch ff. 69v-129r = 'Gesta Romanorum', (Redaction G)/'Sieben weise Meister'

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Roth (2003), Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (2004)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Note: The Brothers Grimm were interested in some of the texts in this manuscript, particularly the Veronica; Berlin, Staatsbibl. mgq 956 contains a copy of 'Veronika' II made for the Brothers Grimm by Franz Roth in 1842. See Hermann Degering, 'Kurzes Verzeichnis der germanischen Handschriften der Preußischen Staatsbibliothek II. Die Handschriften in Quartformat' (Mitteilungen aus der Preußischen Staatsbibliothek VIII), Leipzig 1926 (Nachdruck Graz 1970), p. 161; Ralf Breslau, 'Der Nachlass der Brüder Grimm, Teil 2: Katalog' (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Kataloge II.3.2), Wiesbaden 1997, p. 727 (No. 2128).