Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. Magdeb. 208
| Manuscript Identification | |
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| Reference Number | Latin53 |
| Location | Berlin, Staatsbibliothek |
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Ms. Magdeb. 208 |
| Page/Folio range | 309v-335r |
| Textual Content and Tradition | |
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| Standardised title of narrative | Historia Septem Sapientum |
| Incipit or textual title | Sequitur Historia de regina qui (!) voluit filium regis occidere Dyoclecianus regnauit in ciuitate romana diues valde |
| Version (siglum) | H (Historia Septem Sapientum) |
| └ Language Group within Version | Latin Version H |
| └ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version | Group IV |
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (1) | |
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (2) | Text B3 |
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | |
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | Roth (2004) |
| Languages | |
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| Language of text | Latin |
| Regional or specific Language of text | |
| Source for regional or specific Language of text | |
| Digitisation and Editions | |
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| Digitisation | |
| Modern Editions | Roth, Historia Septem Sapientum (2004) |
| Note |
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The "Historia" does not clearly stand out as an independent text from the "Gesta Romanorum"; the text has numerous mistakes and an unusual Graphie (see Roth 2004, p.79). |
| Authorship and Production | |
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| Scribe | |
| Author | |
| Place of Manuscript Production | Dominikanerkonvent Magdeburg, Germany |
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1450/1475 |
| Source of Date of Manuscript Production | Roth (2004) |
| Physical Description | |
|---|---|
| Material | Paper |
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 425 |
| Height | 210 |
| Width | 145 |
| Script style/form | |
| Prose or verse | Prose |
| Illustrations | No |
| Contents and Additional Texts | |
|---|---|
| Other texts in the Manuscript | 1r-208v : Johannes Herolt: Promptuarium exemplorum secundum ordinem alphabeti; within: 1v: De sancta Aldegundi, De sancto Udalrico
208v-220r : Johannes Herolt: Promptuarium de miraculis Beatae Mariae Virginis (excerpt) 222r-271v : Gesta Romanorum moralizata 272r-351r : Gesta Romanorum moralizata; within: 309v-335r: Historia septem sapientum 351v-353v : Homilia in festum ascensionis domini 354r-355v : Johannes Gotstich (?): Sermo in festum ascensionis domini 355v : De virginitate und ein Rezept (and a recipe) 356r-391v : Rogerus de Platea: Quadragesimale (>De schola Christi<) 392-396 : blank, except for 396r: Geistliche Notiz (spiritual notes) 397r-401r : Sermo de verbis >Tu quis es?< 402r-425v : Bernardus Guidonis: Miracula S. Thomae de Aquino |
| Catalogues and Research Literature | |
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| Catalogue | |
| Modern Research Literature | Roth (2004), Dittmar (1880), Winter (1994) |
| Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript | |
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