Gießen Universitätsbibliothek Hs. 104

Manuscript Identification
Reference Number	Ger23
Location	Gießen, Universitätsbibliothek
Siglum/Shelfmark	Gießen, Universitätsbibl., Hs. 104
Page/Folio range	12r-57v

Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	Sieben weise Meister
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 F
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (2004)

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

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation	https://digisam.ub.uni-giessen.de/urn/urn:nbn:de:hebis:26-digisam-100935
Modern Editions	Steinmetz, Die Historia von den sieben weisen Meistern und dem Kaiser Diocletianus (2001)

Authorship and Production
Scribe	Jacob von Kilchen
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	Germany
Date of Manuscript Production	1420/1473
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Steinmetz (2001), Handschriftencensus 7033: https://handschriftencensus.de/7033

Physical Description
Material	Paper
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	203
Height	205
Width	145
Script style/form
Prose or verse
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	- 12r-57v: 'Sieben weise Meister' (Prosafassung f) - 60r-70v: Niklas von Wyle: Übersetzung von Boccaccio 'Decamerone' IV 1 (2. Transl.) - 72r-84r: Heinrich Steinhöwel: 'Griseldis' (G1) - 90r-119v: 'Ordnung der Gesundheit' für Rudolf von Hohenberg (G) - 121r-133r: Heinrich Steinhöwel: 'Griseldis' (G2) - 134r-202r: Thüring von Ringoltingen: 'Melusine'

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Steinmetz (2001), Gerdes (1992), Gerdes (2004), Roth (2003), Nemes (2011)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript