Berlin Staatsbibliothek mgf 59

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Manuscript
Reference Number Ger2
Location Berlin, Staatsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark Berlin Staatsbibliothek mgf 59
Page/Folio range 95r-133r
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 B1
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition Gerdes (1992)Gerdes (2004)
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production Germany
Date of Manuscript Production 1432/1437
Source of date Manuscript Production Roth (2003)Handschriftencensus 4378: https://handschriftencensus.de/4378
Material Paper
Language of Manuscript German (High and Low German)
Regional or specific Language of Manuscript Elsässisch
Source for regional or specific Language of Manuscript Hommers (1968)
Prose or Verse Prose
Other texts in the Manuscript The codex exists in three parts. The first part consists solely of Daniel Sudermann's claim of ownership, and blank pages. The second part opens with the Alsatian Troy Book, followed by the Gesta Romanorum (version G), ff. 93v-165r, within which the Seven Sages exists (ff. 95r-133r). The third part contains practical texts (medical, astronomical, agricultural).
Script style/form
Total pages/folios in Manuscript 238
Height 265
Width 187
Illustrations No
Digitisation http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00015A5A00000000
Modern Editions
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature Gerdes (1992)Gerdes (2004)Roth (2003)Hommers (1968)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Short StorySequence NumberNarratorName Variations
Arbor1Empress
Canis2BancillasBacillas
3Empress
4Lentulus
5Empress
6CatoKatho
7Empress
8MalquidrasMalquindrach
9Empress
10