Hamburg Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Cod. germ. 1

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Manuscript Identification

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

Textual Content & Tradition


Language Group within Version
Narrative / Scholarly Group within Version
Further scholarly subgroup (1)
Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated / adapted from (Version/Text)
Prose Version H
Source for textual relationship

Languages

Language of text




Authorship & Production


Date of Production
1454

Physical Description

Material
Total pages / folios
214
Height
290
Width
190


Illustrations
No

Contents & 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 & Research Literature

Catalogue
Modern Research Literature


Research Material

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