Erlangen Universitätsbibliothek Ms. B 11

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Manuscript
Reference Number Ger29
Location Erlangen, Universitätsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Erlangen, Universitätsbibl., Ms. B 11
Page/Folio range ff. 22r-154v
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 E
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) German 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
Source of date Manuscript Production Handschriftencensus 2231: https://handschriftencensus.de/2231
Material Paper
Language of Manuscript German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific Language of Manuscript Oberdeutsch-BairischBairisch
Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript Pültz (1973)Handschriftencensus 2231
Prose or Verse Verse
Other texts in the Manuscript ff. 1r-22r: Religious prose treatise (incomplete)

ff. 22r-154r: Sieben weise Meister

Total pages/folios in Manuscript 155
Height 200
Width 150
Illustrations No
Digitisation
Modern Editions Keller, Altdeutsche Gedichte (1846)
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Gerdes (1992)Gerdes (2004)
General Notes (Internal)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Short StorySequence NumberNarratorName Variations
Arbor1Empress
Canis2BancillasBantillas
Aper3Empress
Gaza5Empress
Avis6CatoKatho
Chatho
Sapientes7Empress
Tentamina8MalquidrasMalderach
Virgilius9Empress
Medicus10
Senescalcus and Roma11Empress
Amatores12
Inclusa13Empress
Vidua14
Vaticinium and Amici15Prince









The emperor is called 'Principiano' in this text, and his son 'Dyacletianus'.