Hamburg Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Cod. germ. 1

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Ger31
Location	Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark	Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibl., Cod. germ. 1
Page/Folio range	ff. 109r-211r

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	Verse Version H
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)	Verse Redaction B: 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)

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

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production
Date of Manuscript Production	1454
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Handschiftencensus 4859: https://handschriftencensus.de/4859

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	214
Height	290
Width	190
Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
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)

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Paschke (1891), Gerdes (1992), Heiles (2018)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

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).